The Kennedy School has published a case study on the role of blogs in the coverage of Trent Lott's praise of Strom Thurmond's segregationist past. (Note: The article is a 25-page .pdf file.)
The study properly credits the lead roles of ABC's The Note, Atrios and Joshua Marshall, gives Instacracker too much credit (and allows the 'cracker to pat himself on the back) and points out that attempted credit-grabbers like Sully were late to the story (later than this blog even!) It also quotes prats like Dave Winer, who had nothing to do with the story.
Meanwhile, Lott is still a senator.
Update: Error corrected (see comments).
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