Celeste Fremon

"Off the Bus" goes "Off the Rails"

Sat, 04/19/2008 - 11:52am — Paul_Lukasiak

(UPDATE...JAY ROSEN, CREATOR OF PRESSTHINK AND CO-PUBLISHER OF OTB, HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT OTB HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WRITING, EDITING, OR PRESENTATION OF THE STORY IN QUESTION -- and I believe him. )

"Off the Bus" is a joint venture by Jay (Pressthink) Rosen and Ariana Huffington that encourages "citizen's journalism." The idea is that us "little people" can attend campaign events, and report them, just as well as the corporate media.

Recently, Off the Bus made news when an Obama supporter, Mayhill Fowler, reported on remarks made by Obama at a San Francisco fundraiser -- the "bitter/clinging" controversy. Rosen addressed the controversy over at Pressthink, explaining the care and attention given to Fowler's piece.

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