The Growth of Talking Points Memo: A Case Study in Independent Media | Media and Techno... - 0 views
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Helen Nam on 08 Oct 08This interview with the founder of Talking Points Memo describes the process of his nutty personal blog became respected "independent media." TPM broke the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal and the US Attorneys firing scandal. Perhaps this is the authority "test" for political blogs -- they must break a major news scandal. Whatever you think of him, Matt Drudge made his bones by breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal.