May 20, 2005
Daily ePolitics Buzz Brief
Google's contrversial yet hot, and so are new campaign tools in developing countries. Latest National and International news for Friday.
National
Craigslist For Media? (Media Is A Plural)
In case you haven’t noticed, (having suddenly awakened from, say, a persistent vegetative state) the blogosphere is officially “hot.” (May 20, 2005)
Non-traditional Sources Cloud Google News Results (Online Journalism Review)
Additional research suggests that the search engine's selection of online-only news sources to include in Google News skews its search results toward political extremes. (May 20, 2005)
White House Urges Full Competitive Sourcing, E-gov Funding (Government Computer News)
Congress and the Bush administration are renewing their battles over competitive sourcing and e-gov funding. (May 20, 2005)
International
China Goes Undercover To Sway Opinion On Internet (Reuters)
China has formed a special force of undercover online commentators to try to sway public opinion on controversial issues on the Internet, a newspaper said on Thursday (May 20, 2005)
Bloggers Rally To Support Voice Of Dissent In Iran (Journalism)
Bloggers are being urged to join the campaign of support for imprisoned Iranian blogger Mojtaba Saminejad who has been on hunger strike since 14 May. (May 20, 2005)
Ethiopians Use Texting In Election Campaign (Reuters)
Strapped for cash, Ethiopians in the capital Addis Ababa have discovered a new way of campaigning for Sunday's elections -- the text message. (May 20, 2005)
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