Spin of the Week

Christopher Hayes writes in The Nation’s new cover story, “This year, MoveOn turns ten. ... Capable of dominating a news cycle with a single ad and raising millions of dollars with a lone e-mail, MoveOn pioneered an entire approach to conducting politics through the Internet that has been replicated and spun off across the country and around the globe, an approach that, as the Obama campaign has dramatically demonstrated, has permanently transformed the landscape of American politics. ... Perhaps the most damning criticism leveled at MoveOn is that by creating a clear and easy outlet for people’s frustration and angst, the organization delivers people a false sense of accomplishment. In other words, MoveOn can be tremendously successful without being effective.”

Source: The Nation online July 16, 2008

Spin of the Week comes courtesy of PR Watch, a project of the Wisconsin-based Center for Media and Democracy.

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