As yK winds down, the traditional news apparatus kicks into gear.
Right now, as I write this at 4:30pm PST, the top US story on news.google.com is YearlyKos from The times of London Chocolate, Elvis and foil hats as politicians woo the bloggers.
[Markos] sounded more like the leader of a fledgling political party than the cyberhost of a cacophony of voices.
more on the flop
AP picked up a story from Reid's speech
Reid Calls for More Intelligence Oversight
''I think what we've learned is, we've got a community,'' said P.Z. Myers, 49, a University of Minnesota biology professor from Morris, Minn. ''It's more than people just sitting and chatting over the wires.''
The New York Times has a few stories up at the time of this writing here.
The LA Times has a story that's getting picked up Net-Savvy Democrats Aim to Pack a Digital Punch.
The four-day event, which drew 1,000 people, may have marked a milestone in the evolution of the online liberal community from scruffy insurgents to an institutionalized force within the Democratic Party.
(oh dear we're institutionalized now)
And last but not least, NPR has quite a few stories findable with a simple search.
I'm ignoring the Right Wind Noise machine. I could care less what they say about anything. I find the impact on normal news venues of yK to be much more interesting. If dK and yK represents a social movement, then we'll see significant mainstream attention. This is a very powerful recruiting mechanism and frankly, it's necessary to use the MSM to reach new people.
Yes Virginia, not everyone knows about dK. Yet.