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ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a blog whose primary purpose is to cover current events.

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ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a blog {{blog|s}} whose primary purpose is to cover current events.
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Sometimes these blogs will link to a big media news story and then have a comments section on that story. People often read those for the comments. ''[[http://slashdot.org Slashdot]]'', ''[[http://fark.com Fark]]'' and the Mexican ''[[http://www.blogdelnarco.com/ Blog del Narco]]'' are examples of this type.

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Sometimes these blogs will link to a big media news story and then have a comments section on that story. People often read those for the comments. ''[[http://slashdot.org Slashdot]]'', Slashdot,]]'' ''[[http://fark.com Fark]]'' and the Mexican ''[[http://www.blogdelnarco.com/ Blog del Narco]]'' are examples of this type.
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Still others are just attempts to get Google AdSense money, where "current events" is defined as "whatever's on Google Trends that hour."

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Still others are just attempts to get Google AdSense [=AdSense=] money, where "current events" is defined as "whatever's on Google Trends that hour."
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One type of CurrentEventsBlog will link to a big media news story and then have a comments section on that story. People often read those for the comments. ''[[http://slashdot.org Slashdot]]'', ''[[http://fark.com Fark]]'' and the Mexican ''[[http://www.blogdelnarco.com/ Blog del Narco]]'' are examples of this type.

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One type of CurrentEventsBlog Sometimes these blogs will link to a big media news story and then have a comments section on that story. People often read those for the comments. ''[[http://slashdot.org Slashdot]]'', ''[[http://fark.com Fark]]'' and the Mexican ''[[http://www.blogdelnarco.com/ Blog del Narco]]'' are examples of this type.

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Other blogs are more [[IdeologicalScreed ideological]], and the blog owner will add [[IdeologicalScreed political commentary]] to the bottom of an excerpted section from the news story. ''[[http://dailykos.com Daily Kos]]'' and ''[[http://redstate.com Red State]]'' are two such examples of this second type. The second type can tend towards {{Astroturf}}, since they are often strongly associated with specific political parties.

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Other blogs are more [[IdeologicalScreed ideological]], ideological, and the blog owner will add [[IdeologicalScreed political commentary]] commentary to the bottom of an excerpted section from the news story. ''[[http://dailykos.com Daily Kos]]'' and ''[[http://redstate.com Red State]]'' are two such examples of this second type. The second type can tend towards {{Astroturf}}, since they are often strongly associated with specific political parties.



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Other blogs are more [[IdeologicalScreed ideological]], and the blog owner will add [[IdeologicalScreed poltical commentary]] to the bottom of an excerpted section from the news story. ''[[http://dailykos.com Daily Kos]]'' and ''[[http://redstate.com Red State]]'' are two such examples of this second type. The second type can tend towards {{Astroturf}}, since they are often strongly associated with specific political parties.

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Other blogs are more [[IdeologicalScreed ideological]], and the blog owner will add [[IdeologicalScreed poltical political commentary]] to the bottom of an excerpted section from the news story. ''[[http://dailykos.com Daily Kos]]'' and ''[[http://redstate.com Red State]]'' are two such examples of this second type. The second type can tend towards {{Astroturf}}, since they are often strongly associated with specific political parties.

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