Blogs! What Are They Good For?

Michael Moore has made a career of ambushing people with their own statements, on behalf of "the little guy". So the irony of Moore being hoist on his petard by the littlest guys 'n gals in the media - bloggers - is richly ironic.

Here's what "Wired" said:

Years From Now They'll Call it 'Payback Tuesday'," Moore wrote in a hyperbolic letter urging his fans to vote in the U.S. elections Nov. 5. The full letter, posted to michaelmoore.com two days before the vote, predicted, "We will deny Bush control of the Congress next week ... Expect a wake-up call from me at your bedside 6 a.m. Tuesday!"

After Glorious Tuesday (as I'm going to call it until I'm tired of it), Moore took down the "Payback Tuesday" page.

And the story mushroomed. Rachel Lucas noticed the excision, and then followed up on it. Soon, it was everywhere.

So - blogs can help keep people honest. Or, in the case of Moore, make them honest in the first place.

In a more trival vein - I'm having lots of fun with the blacklist - send more!

Posted by Mitch at November 22, 2002 04:09 PM