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May 3, 2004 7:00 AM

Cynicism recapitulates fundraising: Direct mail leads to doctrinaire commitment; PACs lead to legislative co-option; hit-and-run media leads to uninformed polarization. Will blogvertizing be any better? Stirling Newberry on the ontology of political fundraising.
posted by alms (6 comments total)

Will blogvertizing be any better?

Not with a moniker like "blogvertizing"...
posted by Dark Messiah at 7:14 AM on May 3, 2004

I have no idea what any of this means.
posted by fungible at 7:25 AM on May 3, 2004

I have no idea what any of this means.
It's about the ontology of doctrinaire legislative co-option polarization blogvertizing. I'm gonna get a drink
posted by Outlawyr at 7:31 AM on May 3, 2004

I think the message here is "if political fundraising and advertising are seen as corrupt, how are we going to prevent an exact duplication in the world of blogs, when political advertising and election-related content begins to proliferate?"

I've been thinking the same thing ever since I started seeing lots of little ads for congressional races showing up on political blogs.
posted by mathowie at 8:19 AM on May 3, 2004

Matt: Maybe I'm just being ignorant, but I figure that everyone has a political bias, and I'd rather see it out in the open. If I can glean someone's bias from their ad content, it saves a lot of supposition on my part.

Then again, I'm Canadian and I know I have no real say in politics, so I pretty much avoid the subject. ;)
posted by Dark Messiah at 8:57 AM on May 3, 2004

"if political fundraising and advertising are seen as corrupt, how are we going to prevent an exact duplication in the world of blogs, when political advertising and election-related content begins to proliferate?"

More corrupt than regular advertising, which many blogs and websites already have? Why would the potential for corruption be any greater with political ads?
posted by Outlawyr at 10:02 AM on May 3, 2004