Analysis of the Obama speech in the traditional media, courtesy of AMERICAblog
America Blog Oct 12 09While we know someone at the White House (and since John Harwood works for both NBC and the New York Times, it probably wasn't some low-level staffer) spent part of the weekend dissing progressive activists and bloggers, I found it interesting that many in the traditional media used blogs as sources for their reporting on the President's big gay speech.For example, yesterday, when I started reading the Washington Post, right there, with prominent placement on page 3 was a quote from none other than John Aravosis: Many gay rights activists are disappointed that Obama has not moved forward on two major issues: ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, under which gay soldiers can be discharged for their sexual orientation; and his failure to work toward ending the Defense of Marriage Act. Full story...
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