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| − | '''Power Line''' is a popular and award winning [[conservative]] [[blog]]. The website was founded by two [[Minneapolis]] based lawyers John Hineraker and Scott Johnson and [[Washington, D.C.]] based lawyer Paul Mirengoof<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/aboutus.php</ref>. Power Lines founders stated that the blog was created to counter [[mainstream media]] “obscurity”<ref>http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1009851,00.html</ref>. | + | '''Power Line''' is a popular and award-winning [[conservative]] [[blog]]. The website was founded by two [[Minneapolis]] based lawyers John Hineraker and Scott Johnson and [[Washington, D.C.]] based lawyer Paul Mirengoof.<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/aboutus.php</ref> Power Lines founders stated that the blog was created to counter [[mainstream media]] “obscurity”.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1009851,00.html</ref> |
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| − | It rose to national public attention in September 2004, when it questioned the validity of the [[60 Minutes]] and [[CBS News]] documents that claimed that [[George W. Bush]] had gone Absent Without Official Leave during his years in the military. The documents were later shown to be forged and the controversy is now infamously known as [[Dan Rather| “Rathergate”]]<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/007760.php</ref>. | + | It rose to national public attention in September 2004, when it questioned the validity of the [[60 Minutes]] and [[CBS News]] documents that claimed that [[George W. Bush]] had gone Absent Without Official Leave during his years in the military. The documents were later shown to be forged and the controversy is now infamously known as [[Dan Rather|“Rathergate”]].<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/007760.php</ref> |
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| − | The site receives an estimated average of 51,000 visitors a day<ref>http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s15rocketman</ref>., and received over half million visits on election day<ref>http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1009851,00.html</ref>. | + | The site receives an estimated average of 51,000 visitors a day<ref>http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s15rocketman</ref>., and received over half million visits on election day.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1009851,00.html</ref> |
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| − | In 2004, [[Time Magazine]] named Power Line the ''Blog of the Year''<ref>http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1009851,00.html</ref>. | + | In 2004, [[Time Magazine]] named Power Line the ''Blog of the Year''.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1009851,00.html</ref> |
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| − | ==See Also== | + | ==See also== |
| | * [[Conservative blogs]] | | * [[Conservative blogs]] |
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| − | ==External Links== | + | ==External links== |
| | *[http://powerlineblog.com/ Official Website] | | *[http://powerlineblog.com/ Official Website] |
| | *[http://www.powerlineblog.com/aboutus.php Founders Biography] | | *[http://www.powerlineblog.com/aboutus.php Founders Biography] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:Websites]] | | [[Category:Websites]] |
| | [[Category:Blogs]] | | [[Category:Blogs]] |