Matt Sheffield and Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters have posted an extremely important piece today attempting to answer the question, "Why Isn’t There a Conservative Daily Kos?" The NewsBusters piece explores issues raised by two recent articles on the same subject, by Dean Barnett at the Weekly Standard and David Weigel of Reason.
An interesting quote from Barnett's article, via NewsBusters, from Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, who attempts to explain why the Right and Left side of the political blogosphere have evolved so differently:
"Different needs produce different approaches," he says. "People on the right think their political machine works, but that the media is out to get them. Hence rightish blogging is more about punditry and reporting, and they've succeeded--note the paucity of lefty bloggers embedding in Iraq, while the number on the right is extensive enough that I can no longer name them all. People on the left, on the other hand, know the media is basically on their side, but feel that their political machine stinks, so they've focused on building a new one. And they've succeeded, too."
The entire article is as a must-read for the Right side of the political aisle, especially those of you out there who want to know how why the Right and the Left currently use the New Media so differently - and how the Right can do more with the New Media than it currently is.
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