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    • Subject Terms:
      WEB development; BLOGS; LOTT, Trent, 1941-; PUBLIC opinion; COMPUTER software industry; THURMOND, Strom, 1902-2003; INTERNET; UNITED States elections; WEBSITES
    • Subject Terms:
      IRAQ
    • Abstract:
      Examines the rising popularity of websites known as blogs. Definition of the term; News presented with definite bias and humor; Content of the amateur web sites; How the word blog came to be made and its role in grammar; Software company that makes the software needed to create a blog estimates 970,000 users; How the blogs focused attention on a speech given by Trent Lott on the celebration of Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday; How the blogs forced the traditional news media to cover the story; List of 5 bloggers to watch; How blogs act as a lens focusing attention on an issue; Military bloggers who address issues around Iraq; When good bloggers go bad; Question of how much power bloggers will get preelection and if they will have an impact on the outcome. INSET: BLOGS ON A ROLL.