The NEW Politics by RUMORS. What do you think about rumors becoming news?

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Do you think using rumors will discredit the Left?

How important is credibility? Should it be sacrificed to lobby Congress?

Is using rumors for news going to backfire?

Is the Left becoming more like the Right by using false rhetoric as a tactic? Is it still dispicable when the Left does it?

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How Lobbying Works in the Age of the Blogosphere
By Spencer Ackerman - October 11, 2007
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004439.php

The ACLU watched in horror and impotence this summer as the Protect America Act vastly expanded the NSA's warrantless surveillance authority. With House Democrats pushing a PAA fix that still gives civil libertarians shpilkis, the ACLU is determined not to watch history repeat itself, especially as the Senate prepares a companion bill that worries the organization even more. So the ACLU is taking an aggressive approach: passing on what it freely concedes are rumors concerning what's in the bill in order to pressure Senators against violating civil-libertarian red-lines. What follows is an example.

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1. visibility kick

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2. i.e., CIA "rendition" flights cover for drug smuggling: Did the IG discover the Agency's dirtiest se

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