DELAWARE BLOGS, CHAT & SIMILAR SITES
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Bloggers hope to generate Del.
buzz
Bloggers test boundaries
Outrageous? Sometimes.
Provocative? Often. Opinionated?
Always....
On the local front, two Smyrna Town
Council candidates backed by the
controversial Mayor Mark Schaeffer
suffered a sound drubbing after
coming under relentless scrutiny by a
blog called "Stupid and Wrong."
But whether Delaware blogs will have
an impact when voters go to the polls
Nov. 7 remains an open
question....(more here)
WILMINGTON -- His opinions are
anticipated by hundreds of daily
readers. Many of them e-mail him
when he dares to skip a day.
He's respected or acknowledged as a
force in the Delaware political
blogging world the way a more
traditional newspaper columnist
might have been respected decades
ago.
But Mike Matthews is 24, and he's
issuing those opinions and news
from a keyboard amid the comfort of
his mother's paneled den, complete
with stone fireplace and hanging
lights. (more here)
Blogger: Wilmington resident
Dana Garrett: husband, father
and working joe.
Subject matter: Delaware politics,
environment, culture
Description: A champion of
alternative-progressive leftism,
Garrett is also host of "Progressive
Voices," a radio program on UD's
WVUD. Few blogs have a firmer
grasp on DE politics than DW.
Recent excerpt:"Why wasn't [Michael]
Berg on the stage with other
candidates? ...Objective Delawareans
already know the answer: Real
democracy only occurs accidentally in
Delaware. It's rarely deliberate.
(Delaware Today 1.15.07)
Delaware Bloggers Dana
Garrett & Mat Marshall on
"In Depth Delaware." Click
on image to view.
Click on image above to view the broadcast
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Click on the above to hear Dana Garrett & Tyler Nixon co-host the WDEL Rick Jensen program on 10.10.07
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