Power Line
Power Line is an American political publication, providing news and commentary from a conservative perspective and reaching 580,000 readers per month according to Quantcast. It was originally written by three lawyers who attended Dartmouth College together: John H. Hinderaker, Scott W. Johnson, and Paul Mirengoff. It is one of the most widely read blogs in the U.S.
The site is published by Publir, founded by Joe Malchow, another Dartmouth College graduate. The site gained wide recognition for its role in covering the Killian documents scandal that eventually led to the departure of Dan Rather from the CBS Evening News. The blog was founded in late May 2002. Audience estimates suggest that the column has eight million pageviews per month, making it one of the largest blogs.
In 2004, Power Line was named Time magazine’s first-ever “Blog of the Year.”[1] When AOL added blogs to their news website in 2007, Power Line was one of the five blogs included.[2] A 2007 memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee described Power Line as one of the five best-read national conservative blogs.[3]
John H. Hinderaker
John H. Hinderaker (born September 1950) is a conservative American lawyer, as well as a fellow at the Claremont Institute. He is a 1971 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School in 1974.
Rathergate[edit]
Power Line gained widespread recognition for its 2004 reporting on the Killian documents controversy relating to a CBS report on George W. Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard, starting with a post entitled “The Sixty-First Minute”.[9] Conservatives (including Power Line, National Review Online and Little Green Footballs) referred to the controversy as “Rathergate”. The blogs and their readers contributed research in assessing the authenticity of the documents, presenting evidence of forgery. After a Free Republic contributor pointed out that the alleged documents used a proportional font, Power Line helped advance the story, triggering coverage by mainstream media outlets. Dan Rather apologized and resigned from the CBS anchor chair. Power Line became identified with the Pajamahadeen when criticized by a former CBS News executive.
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