FC: Anonymous political website gains following in New Jersey

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

POLITICAL WEB SITE AUTHORS KEEP IDENTITY SECRET
(Mercury News)  When Essex County Executive James W. Treffinger dropped out 
of the U.S. Senate race on April 22, The Associated Press put a 
one-sentence "news alert" out on its wires at 2:08pm.  But for New Jersey's 
political junkies, it was old news.  The anonymously operated Web site 
politicsnj.com had about 100 words describing Treffinger's withdrawal at 
1:40pm.  It was the latest soup for an e-publication that in a little more 
than two years has grown to become mandatory reading for the political 
class in New Jersey by providing a virtual clipping service for the morning 
newspapers and a combination of tips, gossip, and opinions.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3210258.htm




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