Decius wrote:
] ] If Lott didn't see the storm coming, it was in part
] ] because it was so slow in building. The papers did not
] ] make note of his comments until days after he had made
] ] them. But the stillness was broken by the hum of Internet
]
] ] "bloggers" who were posting their outrage and compiling
] ] rap sheets of Lott's earlier comments. It took a few
] ] more days before Democrats denounced Lott and demanded a
] ] censure.
]
] Time credits bloggers in Lott's fall from grace.

As I'm writing this, CNN has a person from AOL talking about this.

pause..

She did not use the words "blog" or "weblog". They talked mostly about search top queries and polls.