When I was looking at the Tea Party forums and my blogs i kept coming back to the idea that Web 2.0 was trying to democratize the internet. I think that by giving people a voice it also makes the governments democracy stronger as well. Do you guys remember when it was discovered that Sarah Palin's clothing was paid for by the GOP? Well politico broke that first online. Instantly the word was everywhere because the article reached users as soon as it was finished.
In addition, anyone can create a blog to discuss politics now and small niche groups that may get left out of main stream media. Through this these groups can end up getting heard and become relevant in the political discussion the possibilities are endless when it comes to what political activist can now achieve because of the Web.
Yes, this is not always a good thing. I have read some pretty crazy things while doing research for this project, but at the same time it is pretty great that major papers like The New York Times no longer control the news
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