Congressman Jack Kingston - First District of Georgia

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Washington, May 3, 2006 - Some people laugh at blogs and the blogosphere or put the word "blog" or "blogosphere" in quotes (like that) to help distance themselves from the medium. It's a small little thing to put a word in quotes, but in this business, punctuation can make quite a difference. And we notice. Anyway, just cruising some of my favorite blogs when I was surprised to see that Exxon, yup that one, had just hosted a bloggers conference call with some of the top conservative bloggers. Mary Katharine Ham has a good summary of the call with links to the other bloggers. This is interesting because it shows that "real" businesses, (quotes added for emphasis and sarcasm) are starting to work with blogs to get around the MSM to tell the other side of the story. What do you think?