Jane Hamsher, April 8, 2009 12:36pm (I assume est since she’s from CT)
There’s a big problem right now with the traditional liberal interest groups sitting on the sidelines around major issues because they don’t want to buck the White House for fear of getting cut out of the dialogue, or having their funding slashed. Someone picks up a phone, calls a big donor, and the next thing you know…the money is gone. It’s already happened. Because that’s the way Rahm plays.
Just in case you were worried, that’s not a problem for us.
Jane Hamsher, April 8, 2009 3:56pm, quoted in The Plum Line
“They come to us, expecting us to give them free publicity, and we do, but it’s not a two way street,” Jane Hamsher, the founder of FiredogLake, said in an interview. “They won’t do anything in return. They’re not advertising with us. They’re not offering fellowships. They’re not doing anything to help financially, and people are growing increasingly resentful.”
Hamsher singled out Americans United for Change, which raises and spends big money on TV ad campaigns driving Obama’s agenda, as well as the constellation of groups associated with it, and the American Association of Retired Persons, also a big TV advertiser.
…so when she says “…that’s not a problem for us” what, exactly did she mean?
Oh…
Americans United for Change, the big liberal group that came under fire from liberal bloggers in our story today for not advertising on the blogs, is now saying they will make the blogs part of their ad strategy. The group sends over a statement:
We fully appreciate the important contributions of the progressive blogosphere and have plans to include blog ads in the near future as we continue to expand our media efforts. We are currently examining our online strategy and how we can more effectively communicate our message through online channels. Blog ads will most definitely be a part of that strategy.
I’ve talked in the past about the rise of professional bloggers, which I see as a good thing. Not such a good thing, to me, are bought-and-paid-for bloggers who – having taken the King’s shilling – may suddenly become reluctant to say much about his tax policies…
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