NYTimes today 11/12/04 As Fast as Blogs See Vote Fraud...

NYTimes today 11/12/04 front page
"As Fast as Blogs See Vote Fraud, Web Is Proving Rumors Wrong"

snip

But while the widely read universe of Web logs was
often blamed for the swift propagation of
faulty analysis, the blogosphere, as it has come to be known,
has accelerated the resolution of questions that, in an earlier age,
might have lingered and fed conspiracy theories for years...

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This is on the whole, I think a nuanced attack on the blogs/forums.
They do mention that there have been some problems, but play down
the conspiracy angle. No mention of the BIG PROBLEM which is NO
AUDITABLE TRAIL ON BBV.

I get the paper version - so you will have to find the link...