10/19/2004 03:37:40 PM|||Nathan Moore|||

Self affirmation at its best

The grass-roots entry of bloggers into the political agenda-setting arena is the First Amendment working at its best.

First Amendment framers like Madison and Jefferson would be pleased at the emergence of this electronic town hall. Journalists and politicians shouldn’t be the only people setting the public agenda.

Bloggers are the new voices of the public seeking to impact the national dialogue, joining talk radio as one of the few avenues to express public sentiment and have anybody notice.

Instead of freely allowing the press and politicians to determine the national agenda and then let the public react, bloggers are engaging in a process that might be called feed forward, telling the big shots what is on the public’s mind.

This can only be healthy for democracy.

Well said, Prof. McCall.

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