here a day in the life of a top 49er blogger. >> reporter: ryan is on his way to work. grabbing coffee at campbell's orchard valley and settling down for another writing session as one of the leading sources of information about san francisco 49er football. >> i'm going to write about kendall hunter because he's coming back from a serious knee injury. >> because while selling insurance pays most of ryan's insurance for now, his blog ninerfans.com is hot. pulling in about 12,000 fans. >> we had 231 fans just today. >> reporter: all sharing as ryan bleeds scarlet and gold. >> my family's had two front row season tickets since i was 8 years old. >> reporter: grew into a blog that sells advertising and merchandise not to mention the source of niners' scoops like quinton patton his first nfl nickname. >> what do you think about being 7-eleven. colin kaepernick is number 7 and you're 11. he started laughing. >> reporter: and hobnobbing with former lineman, dave fee orie. >> 74, right? >> yes. >> you know yourself? >> when he stopped in for coffee. he knows his stuff all right

the author of that article in "salon" about laura poitras was the loyal, blogger and civil liberties journalist glenn greenwald who teamed up with the subject of the article he wrote, teamed up with laura poitras along with reporting from the "washington post." exposes detailed much that we did not know before about the

. -- bloggers. it was from a lot of insert of bloggers who said that what he did was inappropriate. -- a lot of conservative loggers who said that what he did was an approach rape and -- what he did was inappropriate. so i don't think it went well or o'reilly. >> were you at the center for american progress? >> yes. in the end, i was a little-known known blogger and got a lot of attention for that. at the time, keith olbermann and bill o'reilly were in a few. -- feud. keith oberman had me on his show. so i got a lot of exposure from that. the residual lasted for a couple of years were people say, oh, i remember you. i saw you on bill o'reilly show. i think that has died down but it did start a conversation whether this kind of ambush journalism was acceptable. >> what is a lesson for you bout all this? i think there have been seven different shows on this or seven ifferent pieces. and bill o'reilly and keith oberman were calling each other names during the whole process. people watch it. >> yes, peo

it started out with bloggers. no as many bloggers. now it's a lot of sorts of activists, basically. i was there on a panel. i was also there covering some speakers and events going on. so i was there covering it, but i was also doing a panel. >> help people understand. >> emily ice list is a pro choice -- sorry, pro choice organization that supports women who runs for office and who are democrats. >> the reason i want to run this is she's taking about the ability for people like her to influence the liberal press. let's watch what she said. >> progressive leaning, i don't know how to say it. they're not partisan ally, at all. there is no chance that i could call up anyone at mother jones or tpm and kill a story that was bad for democrats or pitch a story that was crap. they would be mad at me. so i tend to -- like those outlets have that reputation. but the journalism is absolutely solid. and not slanted at all. and i think that's understood and respected by other journalists. >> should people watching believe her? >> yes, absolutely. if you read a story on huffington post, we have

fear and is inside the political sphere which is one of the should have rights hello be brighter blogger a member of the students for a libertarian zation thank you so much for sharing your views with us here on our team thank you for having me. washington is in talks with the philippines on a new security deal it once greater access to the country's military facilities to deploy troops equipment aircraft and ships washington's growing engagements in asia pacific are eating out billions of dollars with alice citing china's growing clout as the main reason. washington has been steadily beefing up its military presence in the region while japan being its main ally with fifty thousand american troops deployed there south korea comes in second with over twenty eight thousand u.s. military personnel or there's also the security of guam which hosts several american military bases and under the policy the us has been strengthening its alliances with the trail you have philippine singapore thailand the viet nam deploying troops as well as seeking to sign cooperation agreements while washington c

, but there aren't as many bloggers. i was there on a panel. i was also there covering some speakers and events going on. i was there covering it, but i was also doing a panel. topeople understand how watch this news when they are activists and are involved. on the panel was with you for "emily's list." >> that is a pro-choice organization that is for women who run for office and are democrats. she is talking about the ability for people like her to influence the liberal press, let's watch which he says. [video clip] >> progressive leaning, they are not part as an allies at all. there is no chance that i can call up anybody at mother jones to kill a story that was against democrats or pitch a story that was crap. those outlets have a reputation, but the journalism is absolutely solid and not slanted at all. and i think that is understood and respected by other journalists. >> should people watching believer? >> -- believe her? >> yes, absolutely. we have comments from harry reid, but we also have comments from mitch mcco

were to limit the media shield protections only to a journalists that would leave any number of bloggers tweeters and independent citizen journalists open to prosecution by the federal government just because they don't take home a paycheck for their take home pay check from the wrong organization this is just was the rise of the internet and digital journalism anyone who wants to can be part of the press any time you don't need special qualifications or a graduate degree just a good news sense and hard work if the purpose of the press is to inform the public and bloggers and twitter users and even wiki leaks for that matter fit the bill i mean i get paid for what they do but what they do is an essential part of the democratic process an essential check on the powers of government and essential to american liberty independent freelance blogs and organizations like wiki leaks are also arguably even better news sources than traditional media outlets because they are compromised by corporate sponsors and are open to anyone who can break a story regardless of what senator feinstein might thi

bloggers described online rumors helped expose a chinese official for corruption. showing his array of lux rizz on line. a scandal that led to an official inquiry. it's official. warner brothers has chosen american actor and director ben affleck to take over the role of batman in the upcoming film due to hit in 2015. the news has been met with widespread reaction on line and it would seem fans of the super hero are far from happy. indeed they couldn't get to social networks fast enough saying ben affleck as batman is a casting error. over 50,000 have openly expressed their opposition in this petition started on the site charninge.org urging them to rethink the decision. some have been abuses with tongue in cheek suggestions for other faces that would have made a better choice. yes, batman fans have been submitting all sorts of wacky suggestions. a cat, pope or meryl streep would do a better job. others are trying to imagine what ben affleck will look like when he slips into the batman costume and posting off beat of the new bruce wane on line. not the most flatteri

when a twitter feud between gaga and celebrity blogger perez hilton got out of control.ite with her blog full of love. "i don't know that i'm powerful enough to stop it myself. please represent me and our community with the values we cherish and live by." gaga inc. while she's spreading her message, gaga still does business like a boss. her songs not only catchy, they're really, really successful. not just the musician but a force with considerable power and influence. lady gaga has more twitter followers than president obama, a near perfect clout score, and trails only the queen, oprah on the "forbes" celebrity list. and with love like this, who knows? maybe someday soon she'll be taking the throne. thank you for watching abc news. "world news now" is coming up soon with overnight breaking news. i'll see you at "good morning america" tomorrow. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night.

hit that snag because establishment democrats like california senator dianne feinstein don't think bloggers and tweeters should have the same first amendment rights as reporters who work for big corporate outlets like fox or the new york times and its current form the senate's media shield law requires the justice department to give any journalist forty five days as up when they want to snoop on a journalist according to the pending bill is anyone who has a primary intent to investigate events and procure material sounds pretty simple right well not for dianne feinstein of california senator told mcclatchy that she's worried that the word journalist is so vague that the proposed media shield law could provide special privileges to those who are not reporters at all in senator feinstein's opinion and yes this is her real opinion real reporters have salaries in other words they have to work for of fishel news agencies acceptable to the washington establishment senator feinstein wants to make sure that the media shield law. doesn't save wiki leaks from prosecution however if congress were to l

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so i bet it rules out bloggers that rules out. even members of the mainstream media who have not gotten government approval which again goes right into the unholy relationship between a lot of the mainstream media and the government so it's very interesting the question of independent journalism especially because there has been such a big deal made about whether or not bloggers are really journalists and whether or not an outlet like wiki leaks is really a journalistic out so for them to make that argument oh don't worry we're not going after independent journalists or activists it was really slick and dangerous because of the way they defined it it's also very slick and dangerous the language of terrorism aiding and abetting terrorism in very broad language are very dangerous and we've talked about this before about the chilling effect obviously you representing multiple whistleblowers you've been a whistleblower yourself i mean what are the greater implications of this case if we do not shed light and prevent this from moving f

larry summers or current fed vice chairman janet yellen so earlier i spoke with gonzalo lira economic blogger and founder of the strategic planning group about who he expects will take the reins out of the fed in the next year. yana has a reputation of being very concerned about the. math taking offense dual mandate which is price stability and full employment janet yellen historically throughout her career since way back in ninety five she's been very concerned about employment and she is considered one of the dumps and so far as human on the music that is she has a reputation for being in favor of continuing q. the group at this point in time not the federal reserve board is very much divided on the quantitative easing now it is known that larry summers is an anti q e. and that is that against you read as a proposition. also larry summers is not personally popular with either obama or many people is a mystery and there are a lot of it will point directly to. summers as a terrible manager made catastrophic bets when he was the president are are going down in the last several billions of doll

good news sense and some good hard work if the purpose of the press is to inform the public than bloggers and twitter users and even wiki leaks for that matter fit the bill they may not get paid for what they do but what they do is an essential part of the democratic process an essential check on the powers of government and essential to the american to american liberty independent free lance blogs and organizations like wiki leaks are arguably even better news sources and traditional media outlets because they are compromised by corporate sponsors and they're open to anyone who can break a story constitution mentions only one industry by the name and that industry is the press for the founding fathers there was no institution more important for a democratic society outside of government than a free and independent media right there at the top of the bill of rights in the first among they wrote that congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. but the press is a special industry it should include everyone who publishes tweets or comments on the news and shou

this 87-year-old blogger that decided that this blogger wanted to tell 60-year-olds, give them some words of advice. she's a retired biochemist. often you hear about parents giving their children advice. this woman is giving advice to 60-year-olds because the blog is called what most 60-year-olds don't get. anyway, so some of the advice she gave some 60-year-olds -- >> in the huffington post. >> she says change happens so choose your change. what does that mean? >> i don't know. i guess when i turn you know what tomorrow, i'll understand it. you may move slower, but that's a good thing. >> yeah. >> sounds a little like martha stewart. >> mend fences now before it's too late. >> that's true. >> some of those rifts -- >> they go deep. finally, time is a friend, not a foe. that's exactly right. as we were saying before, e eidie gorme, it's her birthday tomorrow too. would have been. so embrace it. >> what age am i going to be? >> 59 plus tax. >> something happened to her shots. they're gone. >> when i was choosing my ihoda for today, instead of being selfish like i usually am, i decided to p

. >> a mommy blogger vanessa bell is one of several that donated towards the goal of $18,000.if successful there is no guarantee the treatment will work, however, the couple now have hope, something they did not have before this campaign. there is no doubt competition can help keep air fares down. a study determined which have biggest impact on fares you probably guessed south skbriftd be only partially right this, study says competition from southwest forces other airlines to decrease their fares $17 where they compete in the same airport. jet blue forced down average $32 followed by spirit, the reason jet blue had that larger amount they have longer flights. >> competition. >> it does. >> thank you. >> let's turn our attention to the forecast heading back to work.-=ik this concern about fire danger. >> we're concerned about more thunderstorms. many kids are heading back to school. we'll talk about what it looks like right now. taking a look the green you see over land is just moisture in the clouds what. is developing is numerous lightning strikes here and as you look at a w

the blogger who warns her daughter let miley cyrus be a lesson to you. we'll find out what that lesson is later. >>> we'll begin with the big story, the deepening crisis in syria and what the white house tends to do about it. fred is live in damascus tonight, one of the only western reporters in syria. mounting tension in ssyria, and indeed, around the world as everybody braces themself for an inevitable military strike. how would you describe the atmosphere right there in damascus? >> reporter: it's erie. one of the interesting things is apparently the syrian military has started drawing down staff in many key buildings. for instance, the head of the air force and army and the other thing is apparently they moved artille artillery in the mountains away from there to get away from the american air strikes. the u.n. ambassador was asked. it is very, very quiet. you're hearing a lot less artillery than normally. it doesn't confirm or deny but shows perhaps there is some sort of movement but the regime is taking the way and pace things are going right now v

knob hill meeting we were being sabotaged and i presume you've got an article you'll read from a blogger there were about 80 people there. it would be impossible to see any support for this condo person to tear down the church. those were miscellaneous folks. if the architect or developer had asked to come we would have given them some time but they choose to sabotage it and who by the way, showed up and our flyers were taken down and two people were pitting them up and removing the ones with profanity and the developer choose to write to all our 5 people on the panel. is this on? anyway, we invited 5 people to be on our panel sow they all get a letter which said hi bob, i see your opposing a project that has the approval the planning staff could you please give me monday. well, bob acted appropriately. he said is there anything i want to say i said personally you're a lawyer send him an announcement. so 3 people doesn't respond negatively on this but two went berserk. the last week when i should have given out notices to people who would forward them i was responding to e-mail after e-m

according to a blogger, the number of fans has soared over the past few days. week ago, andone now has around 135,000. leader of the liberal party has been accused of lying -- buying likes. his twitter account has been studied, pointing out that he has drawn tens of dozens of followers over the weekend, and most of them are fake, automated robot account. party published a statement to client a -- denying a claim and said they launched an investigation to see who was behind the recent inflation. the opposition's reputation remains intact. the current prime minister acknowledged that his twitter followers are [traditional music] ♪ (gyatso) everywhere, we are talking. we are talking constantly about peace, peace from humanity. isn't it? a peaceful world.

-based gun blogger, natalie foster, started "a girl's guide to guns."ing. >> they want a lot more information from what gun to buy to what holsters to use, to what hair do you want to use to make, you know yourself look cute at the range. the industry is letting us have a lot of fun with our firearms. and women are owning it and in a really cool way. >> reporter: laurie saffion works with women against gun violence. >> for every time a gun is fired in self defense there are four accidental shootings, there are seven homicides or assaults and 11 attempted or successful suicides. >> reporter: laurie believes guns don't make women safer but reasonable gun control will. >> let's come together where we can around common sense solutions and laws that are really going to make a difference for women. and are going to save their lives. >> reporter: universal background checks even a ban on high capacity magazines, are gun control measures, holly, for one stand firmly against. >> no one has the right to tell us what is good for the next person. i don't dictate wh

the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day.o a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: by the way, this poll -- before i jump into it, it's twenty-five minutes after the hour. it's monday august 5th. the "full court press" and we're talking about the -- the administration keeping 19 embassies across the middle east closed for the entire week, to respond to what the nsa is saying is a potential terrorist threat. worth noting that word of this potential threat is linked to a phone call that was intercepted between alsaw with - - -- -- al-zaheri. it has nothing to do with nsa's massive spy data-collection program on american phone calls, so they can't claim that this proves collecting all of our phone calls was a good idea because this is what they discovered. i just want to warn you, don't buy into that.

the blogger has also worked as an assistant to foreign journalists visiting bahrain.arlier this week, the regime backed a proposal to ban demonstrations in the capital and impose penalties including revoking citizenship on protesters convicted of violence . uruguay is set to become the first country to fully legalize marijuana. he would create a state- controlled legal marijuana market where the people would be allowed to grow a limited amount of marijuana in their homes and purchase it from pharmacies after entering their names in the federal register he. the bill now goes to the burglary and where it is expected to pass. there are going president has touted the bill as a way to undermine the legal drug trade, which he termed a monopoly of mafias. and washington, d.c., dozens of immigrant leaders and allies were arrested thursday after blocking a major intersection is the capital to call for the passage of conference of immigration reform as congress prepares for summer recess. more than 40 people were detained, including some who are undocumented, as they protested

this is after a mexican blogger posted the story online.ave since apologized. want to get more from rafael. explain to us first of all what was the thinking behind this? how about the airline explain what they were trying to do? >> number one, the story would have gone unnoticed had it not been for this blogger that saw it and posted it and went viral. i was looking closely at the text and it very specifically says the following. it says they should not have an accent, meaning a regional mexican accent. all should have the look, no dark skin people. let me explain to you what the pulanco look is. it is a neighborhood where the percentage of fair skinned people tends to be much greater an that everywhere else. in other words, i do not have the look. i would not have been chosen for this commercial, and so we're talking about a mexican airline catering to all of mexico and so people are saying this is plainly discriminatory. had it been for a particular project, it would have been a different story, but the airline says we outsource this. we

the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? (cenk) it's go time! it's go time! it's go time! go time. you know what time it is. go time! it's go time. it's go time. what time is it rob? here comes the young turks go time! it's go time. oh is it? oh, then it's go time. anybody? anybody? what time is it? oh, right. it's go time! >> if you were to put together a list of things that should be separated, church and state is a good example. russian recruiters and hiphop, please keep these entities separated from how to on, and here's why. ♪ ♪ >> that believe it or not is a military recruitment video. the best way are a rally your asian roof for freezing siberian military service is get a bureaucrat to sit in front of a green screen and rhyme about how russian military service is awesome. snowden applied in writing for

the blogger credits his family. and he treats his blog like a start up, which means long hours writing, chasing scoops and posting on social media sites. >> i think it's very important that any start up use social media, because before, you had to hustle business and go to th audience. and hand out your business cards and whatnot. nowadays, they come to you. >> he does a lot of watching football, too. he admits that his girlfriend is often amazed at how much football he has, quote, has, to p watch to keep up the blogging. right. we're back with sports in a moment. watch to keep up the blo. right. we're back with sports in a moment. >>> sports time has arrived. let's send it out to the casually dressed jim. what's going on? >> well done, sweens. it's wear your college colors day. i'm a michigan state graduate. we'll have more on this in just a moment. but baseball on the brain. a's and rays, but i've got the giants on the mind. it's the giants, it's tim lincecum on the mound. why don't you update us. >> all right. he

the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day.le as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audie

there is also this blogger who is saying, this gesture is twisting the next of those birds ordering -repeating the risk. we have proven that is not the case. >> michael, what do you make of this? there seems to have been a change in town. -- tone. graciously accepting -- >> he did act very graciously and i wish him all the luck in the world. if there is not a crisis, there is a problem. if they will -- they will act as if there is no problem. there has to be serious negotiations, serious discussions. maybe a war of words. >> if this all happens like we're all great guys, they are hiding the truth. >> i wonder how much pressure the international community put on him to say, you have lost, we will not put up with any games. it is a question that i throw out. >> it is an interesting point. very quick to congratulate the winner. he has not even spoken in public yet. >> it is a little bit strange for just a few hours ago, they were talking about fraud, etc., etc., and suddenly he goes to his house and congratulates him. i wonder what was going on behind the scenes. a be nothing. >> -- mayb

the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day.o a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? ♪ ♪ it's a beautiful day ♪ don't let it get away >> well, he let her get away. it is the "stephanie miller show." >> sort of. >> yeah, about three seconds before the theme song played she said -- >> i'm having a gastrointestinal event. >> let's hope none of it gets on the ceiling. >> i don't remember the carpet being brown. >> oh, well! she said talk amongst ours. >> yes. >> oh, there she is. hi, are you okay? do you need some toilet paper. >> stephanie: that was a really good bag of salad. i don't know what could have hand. okay. i'm fine, everybody -- i'm mine. i'm sorry. >> that's just weakness leaving your body. >> stephanie: right. right. i think it was the picture of jacki schechner's pussycat in the sink that got us all excited. >> not in that way. >> you know what

cat blogger -- >> cat blogger -- [ laughter ] >> stephanie: astute abserver of the painfully obvioust, which he should definitely follow if he wants to be like the saint jesus ronald reagan. she writes let me suggest a classy obama move that might go over well -- i see he is being not classy by not defending the racist rodeo clown, that was disrespecting not just him but the office of the presidency -- >> we should have a rodeo clown with a peggy noonan office. his reaction should be so what, say he loves free speech and does not wish for the missouri state fair to fire the guy, and hopes those politicians embarrassingly damming the clown, and the crowd would pipe down and relax. the president is just so rude -- >> and peggy knows so much about rodeos. >> stephanie: he would never do it. he believes he should never be made fun of, and if he is, it is probably racially toned, because why else would you make fun of him. >> because he's black. >> playing with the mask's lips -- >> stephanie: yeah. mediaite writes in that uppyy president would take the time to explain that racist jokes a

but conservative bloggers and pundits lit up the internet exposing the truth. the angle of the gun is all wrong. it was a weird smoke pattern. the president's poor posture shows it can't be real. and he is not even wearing a hat. we all know skeet shooters always wear hats. but guys, wait, you missed one. >> you remember a few months ago my administration put out a photograph of me going skeet shooting at camp david? do you remember that? and quite a number of people insisted that this had been photo shopped. but tonight i have something to confess. you were right. guys, can we show them the actual photo? >> that's a joke. and so is the crazy conspiracy theory that the president wasn't in this photo. nice try, but frame this one. we got you. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dr

the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day.do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? >> john: i'm talking about fox news favorite reza aslan. thank you for sticking around. >> my pleasure. >> john: let's set aside your book. i want to ask you about something, most people of faith, i would argue, conservative, moderate, progressive, are peaceful, they get along with each other just fine. it is extreme far fundamentalists of all religions who are the ones who do cause problems for the rest of us. who do you think are the zealots of today? >> very good question. i mean first of all, zealotry means something different today than it meant in jesus time. today it has a negative connotation. in jesus' time, it did not. most jews and jesus' time would have proudly referred to themselves as zealots for the lord. it meant an uncompromising devotion to the sole sove