HW 17B: Political Activists Over Sex Scandals

In comparing two opposite weblogs, Wonkette at http://www.wonkette.com and Daily Kos at http://dailykos.com, there is a clear winner in my eyes that would more likely influence the way I would vote in an up coming election. Daily Kos reveals and examines important political information on their blog while Wonkette writes about the latest gossip and dirt on Washington DC politicians. The writers of these blogs, Ana Marie Cox for Wonkette and Markos Moulitsas for Daily Kos, are both passionate writers but they both take very different views of the seriousness and impact of their blogs. In an interview with David Kline and Dan Burstein's novel Blog! Moulitsas stresses the significance of "influentials...the holy grail of successful marketing is to reach those 10 percent or so of the public who are the most passionate about-who are experts on-any given topic...we're trying to organize, we're trying to fund-raise, we're trying to win elections. They're the activists. They're incredibly influential. And they can be the key to winning elections" (Kline and Burstein 46-47). In other words, smart people are the dealmaker or breaker for the up coming elections. Moulitsas takes his blogging very seriously and his ideas are well thought out. On the other hand, Ana Marie Cox in her interview with Kline and Burstein comes across as quite careless and lazy, "I've been fired from or left every journalism job I've ever had. I couldn’t keep a job. I couldn't find work. I was even a lousy freelancer..." (Kline and Burstein 57-58). Ms. Cox doesn't care about what other people think about her and her space cadet comments. In comparison with each other’s blogs, Cox's blog mirrors her interview while Moulitsas blog does the same for him. Wonkette uses uncensored words and comments on her blog such as who hooked up with governor X last night. Daily Kos is more word friendly and includes more vital topics relevant for making a decision like who to vote for an up coming election. I would tend to lean toward a source that seemed approachable opposed to reading a blog about the freaks of Washington.