Virginia Miscarriage Bill Bites The Dust
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=80370&ran=43780
And if you hadn't seen the original bill, read this:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/6/194434/1328
And on a tangent, from that first article:
Rem Rieder, editor of American Journalism Review, said the blog phenomenon has both positive and negative consequences.
“It’s certainly a way of stimulating participation in the political process. It’s a way to get involved instantly,” he said. “But the potential for bullying and intimidation is there. You wouldn’t want people to not be putting in bills because they’d be flogged by blogs. And it can be a way of spreading misinformation or distorted information quickly. Blogs, while they are fascinating, are not journalism.”
It's not like we can depend on sound unbiased journalism from most of our (tv) media outlets...
And if you hadn't seen the original bill, read this:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/6/194434/1328
And on a tangent, from that first article:
Rem Rieder, editor of American Journalism Review, said the blog phenomenon has both positive and negative consequences.
“It’s certainly a way of stimulating participation in the political process. It’s a way to get involved instantly,” he said. “But the potential for bullying and intimidation is there. You wouldn’t want people to not be putting in bills because they’d be flogged by blogs. And it can be a way of spreading misinformation or distorted information quickly. Blogs, while they are fascinating, are not journalism.”
It's not like we can depend on sound unbiased journalism from most of our (tv) media outlets...
