Democratic Bloggers in Minnesota on the take from Media Matters?

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1. ShadowParty.com » Blog Archive » Bloggergate: Media “Watchdog” Group Implicated in Blogger Payoffs

   October 10th, 2006 at 3:58 am

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   [...] In an October 2 post, Brodkorb notes that all ten contributors to the leftist blog Minnesota Monitor are described as “Fellows with the Center for Independent Media.” From the Center’s fellowship application, Brodkorb learned that CIM offers bloggers a three-month, renewable fellowship which includes such perks as “a stipend of $4500 to be paid over 3 months”, “editorial mentorship from experts in the field of blogging and/or journalism”, access to expensive databases such as Lexis Nexis, as well as free legal advice, training and technical support. (2) (hat tip, Macsmind) [...]

2. POE.com » Blog Archive » Bloggergate: Media “Watchdog” Group Implicated in Blogger Payoffs

   October 10th, 2006 at 4:13 am

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   [...] In an October 2 post, Brodkorb notes that all ten contributors to the leftist blog Minnesota Monitor are described as “Fellows with the Center for Independent Media.” From the Center’s fellowship application, Brodkorb learned that CIM offers bloggers a three-month, renewable fellowship which includes such perks as “a stipend of $4500 to be paid over 3 months”, “editorial mentorship from experts in the field of blogging and/or journalism”, access to expensive databases such as Lexis Nexis, as well as free legal advice, training and technical support. (2) (hat tip, Macsmind) [...]