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Gadflyer blogger Zoe VanderWolk at the DNCC. The other, less famous (to me) person with her is Jerry Springer.) |
I’ve
been following the Democratic National Convention in the Feedster
feedpaper and on the hotel TV. Now that I’m back in Cambridge, I was
lucky enough to have a real DNCC blogger staying with us–Zoe
VanderWolk of Gadflyer. Here is some of the dish from the nosebleed seats that she said I could share with you:
- The
convention is fascinating and hanging out with other bloggers is lots
of fun–but many “real” reporters seem half-asleep with been-there, done-that boredom. - Last night’s big story on CNN News was not
the Democratic Convention but the release by the Bush team of a brand-new
anti-Kerry ad. This gave CNN an excuse to play the Bush ad for free as
part of its “news” reporting. - Two
“real” reporters made their way up to the bloggers’ section where, as
Dave Winer reports, you can’t hear the speeches unless you pay close
attention. Said one reporter to the other, “This sucks, I can’t hear a
thing. I’m just going to write that it was a lousy speech.” - Ann
Coulter’s rejected article about the “Spawn of Satan” convention is
getting a lot of laughs there, not least for her description of “the
corn-fed, no make-up,
natural fiber, no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, hirsute, somewhat
fragrant hippie chick pie wagons they call ‘women’ at the Democratic
National Convention.” Er, Ann, you mean women like Zoe, for instance?
If you haven’t read Zoe’s blistering account of the DNCC bloggers’s
breakfast with Russell Mears, you should. I sure hope she doesn’t blog this morning’s coffee with me in the same vein…