<html> <body> At 11:00 PM 10/20/2004, Leigh Meyers wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Funny thing... I did a search on google for David D. Smith, CEO of Sinclair. The sponsored link is the "arrested for oral sex" story. I smell Soros... <a href="http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.disinfopedia.org&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.disinfopedia.org&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=iso-8859-1&q=David%20D.%20Smith" eudora="autourl">http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.disinfopedia.org&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.disinfopedia.org&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=iso-8859-1&q=David%20D.%20Smith</a></blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> you get a link to Atrios (Eschaton), the kingpin of Left Blogistan (Kos is tied or second, as I understand it.) Real name is Duncan Black, a "recovering economist." I don't think Soros' money is behind Atrios. From the looks of his page, if he kept up the advertising, he'd be raking in at least $2500/week in ad revenue. Atrios probably purchased some google ads to score hits on search terms. In the case of Smith, the blogosphere dug up the dirt on Smith about a week ago, IIRC> Too bad I didn't keep a copy but the NYT article, "Fear and Laptops on the Campaign Trail" was an interesting piece on Atrios, Kos, Marshall, etc. Anyone have a copy of the article on their hard drive? It'd be good to forward to LOB> k </body> </html>