David Kranz, the dean of South Dakota political reporters, finally mentions the term "blog" in his column, over a year after the emergence of SDP on the South Dakota political scene. Since then of course, the Dakota Alliance of blogs has emerged, including Sibby Online and the Daschle v. Thune blog. South Dakota radio personality Greg Belfrage often shares his thoughts online too. Kranz's piece is headlined "Daschle-Thune race heating up." Relevant graf:
Even though Thune is not in the middle of TV-ad wars, there is a campaign presence, including a message on a Web site blog with a his logo and the words, "Stop Tom Daschle's obstructionism."
This is Argus Leader journalism at its finest. There's no explanation of what a "blog" is, even though this is the first time Kranz has ever used the term in his column. Kranz doesn't refer the reader to where they can find the blog with the Thune ad, which seems like a rather egregious omission to me, and leads me to wonder why he omitted that information. The blog Kranz refers to, of course, is Instapundit.
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