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Chris Walla DNC Blogs

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Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie takes us into the Big Tent at the Democratic National Convention to reveal the chaotic swarm of political bloggers and discuss the unprecedented impact of the new media on this year's election news cycle.
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  • ajankowski1
  • afillmore
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      afillmore  

    • Very interesting, but how do bloggers actually gain press credentials? Is there a site-hit requirement? Also - there were a lot of sofas in that tent - looked comfy.

    • 3 years ago
  • juliarosen
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      juliarosen  
    • afillmore:

      There was a credentialing application process. Each blog was credentialed, as opposed to a specific blogger. Thus they could trade off the credentials.

      Yeah, the tent was comfy, unfortunately about the only time I got to sit down was when I was talking to Chris.

      He was so sweet and great by the way. I had a lot of fun filming this. So glad it finally made it up!

    • 3 years ago
  • quarrygirl
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      quarrygirl  

    • OMG WTF!?!!? how dare they spill a smoothie on katie couric??!

      no but seriously, cool piece. glad to see bloggers are getting some respect at the convention.

    • 3 years ago
  • petergrumbine
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  • alexsimmons
  • laurenmendoza
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      laurenmendoza  

    • This Big Tent idea thing is awesome! I know it wasn't officially hosted by the DNC, but it says a lot about the democratic party and how this new form of media is being encouraged to get more people involved.

      Blogging looks like fun! I think I'm going to do it. I don't know what about, and I'm sure no one would read it, but it might be a great outlet. :)

    • 3 years ago
  • ChristmasAsen
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