James Phillips e-mails to express his worries that the whole world isn't watching:
A few days ago you correctly criticized the thought that the Blogosphere will supplant the main stream media (or at least the print media). You're right, it'll never happen, or course.
But I wonder if the people who believe so strongly in the blogosphere are in danger of themselves living in an "echo chamber" and having a more positive outlook than is warranted. Listening to Hugh talk about the Power Line expose of the CBS/60 Minutes forgeries (put forward by Texas Democrat and fund-raiser Dan Rather), I keep asking myself, "who's going to know?" Sure, Fox News and Talk Radio, but will this information ever reach the great unwashed? Probably not. Same with the Associated Press fabrications (and Jim Boyd's lies). Yep, those of us who read blogs know about it, but who else?
Yeah, there is great stuff out there, but if the "MSM" does not report it, it does not exist. That's why I cringe when I hear this incredible confidence about the upcoming election. Much - not all - of it is probably false confidence.
I share James' concerns on whether these stories are being more widely disseminated and his caution about over-confidence on how all this will play come November.
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