echo chamber

Of all the low-down, dirty, rat-dog, cheap shots, this takes the cake:

Right-wing echo chamber promotes doctored and deceptive audio clip of Al Gore.

Poetry News:

1. — Trying to organize poets is “kind of like trying to organize minnows or something” [there are MP3s linked in the sidebar on the left] —

Our Tennessee Steve Gill has a really good article up over at the national site, Pajamas Media.

Here’s a highlight:

UPDATED: I originally attributed the post to Glen, when it was in fact Serr8d who wrote it. I should have known. Even Glen’s not that bad. Apologies to Glen.
Serr8d gleefully falls in line with the conservative echo chamber, calling Obama out for his anecdote about an Army captain in Afghanistan [...]

When something regarding new Nashville development comes out in the media, the Nashville Charrette buzz usually heats up about it.

• XM has settled with Sony BMG over the storage of broadcast songs. No terms were given. Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group had previously settled similar lawsuits. (AP)

The Politico details what went wrong when journalists and pollsters relied on their own intel and their own spheres of influence. True to form, they concede that the wiles of the electorate are what make polling difficult but not impossible. For instance, the echo chamber of reporters in New Hampshire said that Senator Clinton was going into a double-digit loss because her message was not resonating with voters.