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PEOPLE OF THE YEAR / THE BLOGGERS
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The cyber mafia: gay bloggers have emerged as the most influential voice in a new wave of journalists who are redefining the way the information game is played.
Former White House correspondent Jeff Gannon gets exposed as a phony journalist and a male escort to boot. Mark Foley's aggressive pursuit of young male congressional pages leads to his resignation and a crisis in the Republican Party. Lance Armstrong gets asked by Details magazine about the nature of his close friendship with Matthew McConaughey. Actors Nell Patrick Harris and T.R. Knight and singer Lance Bass all confirm to the world in the pages of People magazine that they are gay.
These are just samples of the gay-related headlines that piqued national interest in 2006. None would have seen the light of day in the mainstream media had they not been either broken or nudged along by a group of increasingly influential gay bloggers who are changing the way we get our news about the famous and powerful ...See the full content of this document
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