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Warning: this post might constitute feeding the trolls, something to which I am adamantly opposed. However, the blog Chapel Hill Watch has continued to push the boundaries of taste with their strange personal attacks on politicians with whom they disagree. In their recent "Roll Call" post, CHW speculates about the personal relationships of Chapel Hill Town Council Member Donna Bell and Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt in light of their absences at a Council meeting that was held on Valentine's Day.
I'll be there!
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Date:
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When I was interviewed by WCHL reporter Elizabeth Friend for this story, she told me about the new site Chapel Hill Watch started by journalists Don Evans and Nancy Oates. They've posted 17 stories so far, and gotten a smattering of comments. Their "Blogroll" only contains one local site: The Carrboro Citizen. In fact based on their comments to WCHL, I'm not sure that a blog is what they want to be. It sounds more like an online news site. Then again, the writing is quite opinionated, and they're getting corrected by commenters - pretty bloggy! Maybe the labels don't matter so much anymore.
In any case, I've always said "the more merrier" when it comes to local blogging, and it applies to local journalism, too! Whichever one they plan to be (or some hybrid), I welcome Don and Nancy's voices to the fray.
There has been a flurry of activity in the Orange County
political blogosphere this month. Changes that interest me as much as who is
wining the presidential primaries. (Go Obama!)
First, the big news is the disappearance of the Squeeze the Pulp
forum. In its place appears to be a site that could have a community, but it isn'y very clear how. The new site is based on software called DokuWiki. It
looks like a bunch of semi-static pages can be created and edited by a
group of people. So people will write rants and others will edit them.
For what, grammar? The two-way communication of a forum has
been lost.
Part of me is sad that all the STP writing is gone. Mainly because
it would help people remember the slander and hateful crap. Why would
we want to remember that? To inform the context of our local political
history. For example, the dirty tactics some supported there. It could also
encourage more long-term responsibility. Politicos won't forget, trust
me. But the new resident to Carrboro may like to know how that
candidate got elected or defeated. I think the blog of record will be
Orange Politics.
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