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Should bloggers and citizen journalists have an opportunity to get credentials so they can cover Congress the same way mainstream media journalists do?

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67% 327 votes Total: 487 votes
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Let's see. Who's covering Congress for the American viewer...

The liberals at CBS.

The Liberals at NBC.

The Liberals at ABC.

The Quasi-conservatives at FOX.

The Liberals at CNN.

The Liberals at MSNBC.

The Liberals at the New York Times.

The Liberals at the Washington Post.

The Liberals at USA Today.

Need I go on? The country is getting an unabashadly liberal view of our government - though the people on these networks never disclose the insanely left-wing voting records their Washington Bureaus have.

Who discloses THAT information?

Citizen journalists. Bloggers. Folks who dig this stuff up from the back pages of whatever newspaper is brave enough to print it.

We need more voices telling this country the news. I'm sick of looking at the United States from the perspective of people who don't appreciate the country the way I do.

It's a free country. It's our government. We pay Congress. We should have as many eyes on them as possible.

Let 'em in.

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