Trent Lott was a US Senator from Mississippi, who resigned after making controversial racist remarks at an event.
An off-air Journalist, Ed O'keefe was in the room when he Lott makes the remarks and attempted to sell the story to national newspapers. However the nationals didn't see this as newsworthy so they ignored it. So, O'keefe and other bloggers kept the story alive, and eventually gained enough attention for the national newspapers to take notice and print articles, which ultimately led to Lott's resignation.
An off-air Journalist, Ed O'keefe was in the room when he Lott makes the remarks and attempted to sell the story to national newspapers. However the nationals didn't see this as newsworthy so they ignored it. So, O'keefe and other bloggers kept the story alive, and eventually gained enough attention for the national newspapers to take notice and print articles, which ultimately led to Lott's resignation.
1 comment:
You've got the basics of the Trent Lott case down - and the link to Pres Think is excellent and worth looking at in detail. Were you going to write a general post about bloggers and the mainstream media now?
Jim
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