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Media Reversion

The Great Punditry Migration away from linear print and televised media and out into the decentralized, self-organizing badlands of the blogosphere is making a wee u-turn this week.

Big league bloggers and frequent Fox News contributors Michelle Malkin and Kirsten Powers will debut the newest experimental Fox News show this Sunday, immediately following FNC's second-newest experimental show, "The Half-Hour New Hour".

Whereas mainstream media clamor has often and richly served as fodder for political blogs, this mainstream media show's fodder will in turn be the clamor amid the political blogosphere.

Mongoose, snake, etc.

In any event, Variety has a few details (as ever, pardon the obnoxious insider abbrevs and slanguage):

"It's Out There," a half-hour of stories derived from blogs, will get a half-hour test run following Joel Surnow's satirical take on news.

Show, fronted by conservative blogger-columnist Michele Malkin and former Clinton administration operative Kirsten Powers, will take on political and cultural issues enflaming the blogosphere.

The first episode will look at John Edwards' virtual campaign HQ and other candidates using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to reach young voters.

The pilot airs in a timeslot that's sported a grab-bag of specials and repeats of shows. Both pilots are part of FNC's bid to develop a more permanent lineup for the night with young-skewing skeins that can attract and maintain an aud.

Cup your hand to your ear.  You can hear the faint sound of the big lefty bloggers trying to fashion a reason why this outrages them.

(HT: Riehl World View)

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Media Reversion

The Great Punditry Migration away from linear print and televised media and out into the decentralized, self-organizing badlands of the blogosphere is making a wee u-turn this week.

Big league bloggers and frequent Fox News contributors Michelle Malkin and Kirsten Powers will debut the newest experimental Fox News show this Sunday, immediately following FNC's second-newest experimental show, "The Half-Hour New Hour".

Whereas mainstream media clamor has often and richly served as fodder for political blogs, this mainstream media show's fodder will in turn be the clamor amid the political blogosphere.

Mongoose, snake, etc.

In any event, Variety has a few details (as ever, pardon the obnoxious insider abbrevs and slanguage):

"It's Out There," a half-hour of stories derived from blogs, will get a half-hour test run following Joel Surnow's satirical take on news.

Show, fronted by conservative blogger-columnist Michele Malkin and former Clinton administration operative Kirsten Powers, will take on political and cultural issues enflaming the blogosphere.

The first episode will look at John Edwards' virtual campaign HQ and other candidates using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to reach young voters.

The pilot airs in a timeslot that's sported a grab-bag of specials and repeats of shows. Both pilots are part of FNC's bid to develop a more permanent lineup for the night with young-skewing skeins that can attract and maintain an aud.

Cup your hand to your ear.  You can hear the faint sound of the big lefty bloggers trying to fashion a reason why this outrages them.

(HT: Riehl World View)