[lbo-talk] MSM and blogosphere

[Max B. Sawicky]

I coined the terms Blogovia and Blogistan for the left and right
hemispheres, respectively, of the blogosphere.  There is also the very
prominent anti-war/libertarian zone, which doesn't fit into either camp.

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From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>


> I thought MSM was a cliche of the blogosphere.

It is, but the blogosphere is to the current right what the underground
press->alt.weekly was to the late countercultural left. (This is the rough
form of a more nuanced argument--it's quite imprecise as is. Specifically,
the underground press was countercultural in nature--the alt.weeklies are
much less so. The blogosphere (I've used that word three times--that's
enough!--is still up for grabs ideologically, much like the alt.weeklies.)

A lot of liberal/left bloggers use it, but they're wrong to do so.

Thanks,

      John A

      see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/
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