Blogs changing face of pol coverage

September 02, 2008 Members of a panel on politics and the media sponsored by USC's Annenberg School for Communications and Politico said Tuesday that the explosion of blogs and instant communication has revolutionized journalism -- and not always in a good way. Nina Easton, Fortune's Washington editor and a Fox News contributor, said that gone are the days of the Richard Ben Cramer-esque long magazine-style pieces on the candidates. Politico chief political columnist Roger Simon, a pioneer political blogger, said that 50-word blog entries can't capture the entire issues of the environment, health care and other important topics.

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