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June 23, 2005

Downing Street Memos: Lesson Learned

by @ 10:46 am. Filed under Uncategorized

Bob Deans reports: (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Working from their home in Sunnyvale, Calif., Fesmire and his wife, Gina, a graphic designer, created a homespun Web site called Downingstreetmemo.com in early May, posted the memo and related information there and generated a mass e-mail campaign to urge reporters and editors around the country to keep the story alive.

“That did make a big difference,” said Paul Waldman, senior fellow with Media Matters, a progressive media watchdog outfit in Washington that has closely tracked media coverage of the memo and the Internet interest it has generated, on the Fesmires’ site and others.

Take heart my fellow pajama-clad keyboarders. One person can make a difference. (Okay, technically two, but you get my point so don’t get smart with me, buster.) Though, sometimes you need to stand on your kitchen table and beat a pot like a gong until someone notices you.

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