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Claims and Counter Claims

November 12, 2004

At least Three reports in national newspapers tackled the issue of voter fraud in the presidential election this week. In a sign internet stories have a stronger chance of simmering into the mainstream these days, all three tell the story of blogs charging conspiracy theories along with others charging against the charges. In a world of many internets, it’s hard to keep track of all the claims and counter-claims so we've compiled a list of sites weighing in. The difference between the liberal blogs is notable (with some calls for Kerry to "unconcede" and others saying just deal with it), but the conservatives are not surprisingly unequivocal

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BlackBox
http://www.blackbox.org/

Us Together
http://ustogether.org/Florida_Election.htm

Greg Palast
http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=392&row=0

A call for Kerry to "unconcede"
http://journals.aol.com/libgal81/AmericasRegression/entries/770

Kevin Drum's skeptical analysis
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_11/005147.php

American Prospect blog, Tapped's take
http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2004/11/index.html#004781

The Nation's David Corn urging democrats to move on
http://www.davidcorn.com/2004/11/a_stolen_electi.php

DailyKos disappointing disgruntled democrats
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/8/11406/1935

Campaign Desk's analysis of the analysis
http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/001108.asp

Conservative blog, Little Green Footbalshttp://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=13561_NYT_Smears_Blogs_With_Kos_as_an_Example

The German take!
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,327359,00.html

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