Blogger Power: Accuracy and Activism Afoot

Bloggers are increasing feeling their oats, but not everyone's happy with the cash-crop yield. Cases in point:

The Wikipedia discussion: good or bad?
On the same day that PR blogger Steve Rubel says Wikipedia will be the next Google (today's third most-cited blog post), USA Today's former editorial page editor John Siegenthaler details his so-far-unsuccessful attempts to find out who posted a scurrilous biography about him on Wikipedia (it remained there for months; it's today's fourth most-cited news story) . Says Rubel: "Like its predecessors, Wikipedia is powerful because it provides access to largely accurate information that can be hard to find." His post produces 12 search results. Counters Siegenthaler: "And, I am interested in letting many people know that Wikipedia is a flawed and irresponsible research tool." His rant generates 49 search results.

Activists at large
Yesterday's BlogPulse Newswire discussion of Thomas Hawk's problems with priceritephoto.com continues, with Hawk's post (written under a pseudonym) emerging as today's most-cited blog post. The exchange is being covered by news media and other bloggers as well.

And Activism, Part II
When no one else launched a Sony-directed anti-shopping campaign, BoingBoing jumped in (today's sixth most-cited blog post). In reaction to anti-piracy rootkits recently discovered in Sony BMG compact discs, some bloggers are launching a boycott of Sony CD's this holiday season. The ThinkLemon blogger agrees and joins the campaign...and then requests an XBox, please?

One day's difference: the Iraq strategy
Couldn't help but notice the one-day difference in "buzz" about President Bush's "plan for victory" in Iraq. Today's buzz (with complete reaction to his speech at the U.S. Naval Academy)....

vs. buzz from a day earlier, without the post-speech analysis: