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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Sunday, June 12, 2005

Florida Political Blogs

    St Pete Times columnist Adam C. Smith pens "Florida's new political blog wars" today. Some of his observations include:
    The political blogosphere is taking off in Florida, but no one really knows yet whether it's a blip in how political journalism and communication work in Florida or the start of a dramatic change.

    New Internet sites devoted mainly to state, local or regional Florida politics seem to be popping up every week. Most of the new ones are left-leaning. Some encourage online dialogue. Some are solo political rants about the news of the moment. Some, like Sayfie Review and the Fort Report, mostly aggregate daily articles from across the state. Others critique the reports and reporters themselves. Most are free to anyone with Internet access, but at least one newcomer, Florida Insider, charges a $149 annual subscription fee for its essays, analyses and tips on political doings in Florida.

    "You're seeing a revolution out there. It is a revolution as momentous as the printing press," Carol Darr, director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, told reporters and academics from the Southeast gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last week.
    Not addressed in the column is which of the current Florida political blog was first Florida political blog was the first. (The first Florida political blog I recall reading, the Grapefruit, had a brief run but is no longer with us). Seems to me that that the awrd for the longest running Florida political blog has to go to "FlaBlog" aka "Florida Blog".

    Note: The column refers to a debate at this site over whether "Florida Democrats should focus on improving their showing in big counties or rural counties." That can be found here.

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