MyDD :: Top-Down Right-Wing Blogosphere Growing Powerful

This by now slightly outdated post (2004) includes an overview of right-wing blogging and explains how right-wing blogs are successful in getting their stories to the national media: they have less comments than left-wing blogs (of the top right-wing blogs, only Little Green Footballs and Captain's Quarters have comments) and therefore they can push one big story in a disciplined way.
MyDD :: Top-Down Right-Wing Blogosphere Growing Powerful