The Love-Fest
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As bloggers and netroot activists gathered at this year's YearlyKos Convention, Public Eye was wondering how the mainstream media would cover their new media friends – and how the blogging community would react to the presence of the traditional media folks they so often criticize.
In an interview, YearlyKos executive director Gina Cooper told us that there were 250 credentialed media covering the event, with at least 75 percent (a conservative guess) of them being from traditional media outlets. “We are at frickin’ capacity,” she said. “We are overwhelmed. It is really an honor to have so many people.”
Abdon M. Pallasch from the Chicago Sun-Times said that upon arriving at the convention, he joked, “I am with the dinosaur press!” Pallasch said he "found no animosity or resentment” and that the participants welcomed him with open arms.
