Category:Right-wing Blogger

Blogs have become a new phenomenon on the internet enabling anyone to cheaply publish materials. There are thousands of blogs with a huge range of quality and purpose. It is also clear that blogs have emerged as a propaganda tool. Blogs have been used for:

1. smearing and attacking political opponents;
2. coordinating actions of many agents for political purposes;
3. launching rumor campaigns or means to undermine the credibility of mainstream media stories
4. forming part of a smear ratcheting campaign (one blogger providing smear material that is then built upon by another propagandist; tactic to avoid lawsuits)