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| '''Power Line''' is a ] ] run by three ]: ] ("Hindrocket"), ] ("The Big Trunk") and ] ("Deacon"). Power Line covers political and social issues from a conservative viewpoint. It is widely read and influential among American conservatives. | '''Power Line''' is a ] ] run by three ]: ] ("Hindrocket"), ] ("The Big Trunk") and ] ("Deacon"). Power Line covers political and social issues from a conservative viewpoint. It is widely read and influential among American conservatives. Unlike most blogs, it does not allow reader comments (though selective excerpts from emails are sometimes published.) | ||
| ''Powerline'' has described George Bush as a "genius" and "the Churchill of our times." It supports President Bush's administration in general and the Iraq war in particular. But it has sometimes criticized the President for being insufficiently conservative on such issues as immigration and affirmative action. The blog regularly features analysis of court decisions. It also advocates the appointment and confirmation of judicially conservative judges. Another ''Powerline'' hallmark is vigorous denunciation of Democrats and liberals for faulty judgment, moral lapses and disloyalty to the United States. | |||
| The blog's primary themes are robust support of President Bush's administration (along with focused criticism when they believe Bush has departed from conservative ideology), robust support of the war in Iraq, and strong support for the appointment and confirmation of judicially conservative judges. It is also a strong blog theme to attack the perceived ethical and moral lapses, motives and policies of specific and generalized Democrats and those who they define as "liberals". | |||
| ⚫ | The ''Powerline'' authors perceive systemic liberal media bias. They frequently assail the integrity of the ], the ], ], the ] and the ]. They also post disagreements with the editorial opinions of their hometown '']'' newspaper. | ||
| The blog focuses mainly on conservative political issues and agenda, but for non-political content, Johnson regularly posts historical articles about a variety of musicians and a broad sampling of folk, blues and jazz artists; Mirengoff posts regular reports on European soccer teams; Hinderaker covers beauty pageants. . | |||
| ⚫ | Power Line gained its greatest recognition in the mainstream press in ] for reporting on the ] controversy, dubbed "]." Bloggers (from Power Line and ]) and their readers contributed research in asessing the authenticity of the documents. ''Powerline'' helped advance the story and have contributed to the resignation of ] from the ] ] cahir. Power Line became identified with the ] when criticized by a former ] executive. | ||
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| ⚫ | Power Line was criticized for describing former US President ] "" which was interpreted to mean 'sympathetic to terrorists'. Hinderaker later clarified his criticisms but also added to his attack, stating Carter was "aligning himself with America's enemies", "never met an anti-American dictator he did not like." He called carter "a disgrace", and later a "nut". | ||
| ⚫ | Power Line gained its greatest recognition in the mainstream press in ] for reporting on the ] controversy, dubbed "] |
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| ⚫ | Power Line theorized repeatedly that a ] ]s memoranda in the ] case were faked and were written by Democrats as a "dirty trick", contending that no Republican would write such a sloppy memo . This was proven false when ], legal council for Republican Florida Senator ], admitted that he wrote the ]. Power Line reported this promptly, but also continued to criticize the mainstream media as the main culprits in any misrepresentation, while disclaiming any error on their own part. , http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010121.php#010121. | ||
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| ⚫ | Coverage and commentary by Hinderaker, Johnson, and Mirengoff, all alumni of ], was instrumental in the 2005 election of "insurgent" candidates ] and ] to the Board of Trustees. | ||
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| The blog is very supportive of most the Bush agenda, and several times has declared Bush a visionary and even a genius. Powerline authors are very strong supporters of the Administration's Iraq invasion, "War on Terror". tax cuts, seating of right-wing leaning federal judges, deregulation and Presidential powers to act without Congressional or judicial oversight. IN contrast, they were among many conservative bloggers who were critical of the President's 2006 ] proposals and his support for a limited form of ] at the [[Grutter_v._Bollinger|University of Michigan law school. | |||
| Powerline was criticized in August 2006 for taking Rep. ]'s remarks concerning Hezbollah and splicing them to make it appear that he supported Hezbollah. {{citation needed}} Yet on Monday, July 31, he , "Last week I met with... Hezbollah given the ability of Hezbollah to fire missiles into Israel... with the anticipated... objectives... of... raining hundreds of rockets onto Israeli civilians." | |||
| ⚫ | Coverage and commentary by Hinderaker, Johnson, and Mirengoff, all alumni of ], was instrumental in the 2005 election of "insurgent" candidates ] and ] to the Board of Trustees. | ||
| Power Line is part of the ], which hosts a weekly radio show of the same name in ]. | The blog also covers some lighter material. Johnson regularly posts historical articles about musicians, Mirengoff reports on European soccer teams and Hinderaker covers beauty pageants. . Power Line is part of the ], which hosts a weekly radio show of the same name in ]. | ||
| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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Power Line is a neoconservative blog run by three lawyers: John H. Hinderaker ("Hindrocket"), Scott W. Johnson ("The Big Trunk") and Paul Mirengoff ("Deacon"). Power Line covers political and social issues from a conservative viewpoint. It is widely read and influential among American conservatives. Unlike most blogs, it does not allow reader comments (though selective excerpts from emails are sometimes published.)
Powerline has described George Bush as a "genius" and "the Churchill of our times." It supports President Bush's administration in general and the Iraq war in particular. But it has sometimes criticized the President for being insufficiently conservative on such issues as immigration and affirmative action. The blog regularly features analysis of court decisions. It also advocates the appointment and confirmation of judicially conservative judges. Another Powerline hallmark is vigorous denunciation of Democrats and liberals for faulty judgment, moral lapses and disloyalty to the United States.
The Powerline authors perceive systemic liberal media bias. They frequently assail the integrity of the Associated Press, the BBC, Reuters, the Washington Post and the New York Times. They also post disagreements with the editorial opinions of their hometown Star Tribune newspaper.
Power Line gained its greatest recognition in the mainstream press in 2004 for reporting on the Killian documents controversy, dubbed "Rathergate." Bloggers (from Power Line and Little Green Footballs) and their readers contributed research in asessing the authenticity of the documents. Powerline helped advance the story and have contributed to the resignation of Dan Rather from the CBS anchor cahir. Power Line became identified with the Pajamahadeen when criticized by a former CBS News executive.
Power Line was criticized for describing former US President Jimmy Carter "on the other side" which was interpreted to mean 'sympathetic to terrorists'. Hinderaker later clarified his criticisms but also added to his attack, stating Carter was "aligning himself with America's enemies", "never met an anti-American dictator he did not like." He called carter "a disgrace", and later a "nut".
Power Line theorized repeatedly that a GOP talking points memoranda in the Terri Schiavo case were faked and were written by Democrats as a "dirty trick", contending that no Republican would write such a sloppy memo . This was proven false when Brian Darling, legal council for Republican Florida Senator Mel Martinez, admitted that he wrote the memo. Power Line reported this promptly, but also continued to criticize the mainstream media as the main culprits in any misrepresentation, while disclaiming any error on their own part. , http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010121.php#010121.
Coverage and commentary by Hinderaker, Johnson, and Mirengoff, all alumni of Dartmouth College, was instrumental in the 2005 election of "insurgent" candidates Peter Robinson and Todd Zywicki to the Board of Trustees.
The blog also covers some lighter material. Johnson regularly posts historical articles about musicians, Mirengoff reports on European soccer teams and Hinderaker covers beauty pageants. . Power Line is part of the Northern Alliance Radio Network, which hosts a weekly radio show of the same name in Minnesota.
Awards
- 2004 - "Blog of the Year" Time Magazine