Blog Potential is Growing

There is absolutely warranted optimism about blogs and the political sphere. Boler makes many points in the chapter about how some blogs caught the media attention and some did not. He makes it very clear that the difference between the ones that received national attention and the ones that fell through the cracks did not necessarily come down to content. He was clear to give examples of blogs that contained important information. So what is the difference between ones that make it and don't? Boler concludes the chapter with the idea of marketing and selling the story to the public. It has to be catchy and interesting as well as containing important information. This seems to be the deciding factor and I quite agree. But, I argue that Blogs are still just as important as there were in 2004 political election and argueably even more influential. The point still stands though that the Blogs have to be able to sell the story. For me this comes at a pinicle with the following blog.
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/
This particular blog exploded with the media only days if not hours following the announcement of Sarah Palin as the vice president with John McCain. This particular blog recieved national attention because nothing was really known of Sarah Palin and the media was looking for a story. And a story they found. This is a blog of a person from her hometown in Alaska where Sarah was mayor. The blog posted after the anouncement went through and talked about her time as mayor and did not portray her lightly. The woman actually riped her apart, but had the informationa and evidence to back her up. All of these brought her blog to the national forfront as a first look into Sarah Palin. This blog was emailed through the country and reached millions. This is a particular example of how a blog can still play a role, while also agreeing with Boler that not all blogs make it to the limelight.
Corey