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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>.
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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 [[AWOL]] during his years in the military. The documents were later shown to be forged and the controversy is now known 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>.
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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>.
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | *[http://powerlineblog.com/ Official Website]
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| − | *[http://www.powerlineblog.com/aboutus.php Founders Biography]
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| − | ==References==
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| − | [[Category: Conservative media]]
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