{"id":5895,"date":"2008-04-14T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5895"},"modified":"2009-03-08T12:25:57","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T20:25:57","slug":"illinois-paper-the-brad-blog-the-little-blog-that-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5895","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Paper: &#8216;The BRAD BLOG &#8211; The Little Blog That Did&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BeaconNews_med.gif\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Wow&#8230;We&#8217;re blown away by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suburbanchicagonews.com\/beaconnews\/news\/892977,2_1_AU14_ESLATE_S2.article\">this article in today&#8217;s <i>Beacon News<\/i><\/a>. [<em>Article now hidden behind paid archives, <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=5894\">here&#8217;s a local repost<\/a><\/em>.] It begins this way:<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-weight: bold;\">The little blog that did<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>For four years, Bradblog.com has reported on voting machine problems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 14, 2008<br \/>\nBy Dan Campana <a href=\"mailto:dcampana@scn1.com\">dcampana@scn1.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the mass media ever did its job, Brad Friedman could go back to his former life, the one before 2004 when election scandals became his full-time vocation&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re greatly appreciative of Campana&#8217;s coverage. Not only because he&#8217;s very kind to us, but because &#8212; as a total of four of his stories filed over the last two days reveal &#8212; he has actually done what so few corporate journalists seem able to do today: Actual <i>journalism<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Before we saw the piece mentioned above today, we had <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5893\">kind words about his coverage<\/a> yesterday of the wholly under-reported <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5847\">Hart InterCivic federal fraud suit<\/a>. But beyond that detailed piece, his follow-up story today and &#8220;related coverage&#8221; offered on both days has been top-notch. Here are links to each of his stories today and yesterday&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul><strong>Sunday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suburbanchicagonews.com\/beaconnews\/news\/893473,AU13_ESLATE_WEB1.article\"><b>Did your vote count?<\/b>:<br \/>\n<i>Unsealed federal lawsuit reignites eSlate debate<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suburbanchicagonews.com\/beaconnews\/news\/893484,AU13_ESLATE_WEB2.article\"><b>Election reform proposal stalled<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><strong>Monday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suburbanchicagonews.com\/beaconnews\/news\/892976,2_1_AU14_ESLATE_S1.article\"><b>Silent fight over voting machines<\/b>:<br \/>\n<i>Technician says lawsuit followed years of trying to get word out<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suburbanchicagonews.com\/beaconnews\/news\/892977,2_1_AU14_ESLATE_S2.article\"><b>The little blog that did<\/b>:<br \/>\n<i>For four years, Bradblog.com has reported on voting machine problems<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n[<em>Above article now behind paid archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=5894\">Local copy here<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>That<\/i>, ladies and gentlemen, is what journalism is <i>supposed<\/i> to look like. And yes, if we had a few more hundred (we&#8217;d settle for a few more <i>dozen<\/i>) like Campana, we&#8217;d be more than thrilled to go back to what we were doing prior to falling into this remarkable American Nightmare. We look forward to the day we can take down our shingle entirely and leave <i>all<\/i> of the heavy lifting to folks like him who actually get paid to do this stuff.<\/p>\n<p>(<i>But until then, whatever support you can afford to help keep us going is appreciated&#8230;You are all we&#8217;ve actually got. So, please see below, and please keep spreading the word.<\/i>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"BBTOORepost\">Prices now <i>slashed<\/i> in <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5705\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG&#8217;s Fund Drive!<\/strong><\/a> Please support our continuing coverage of your election system, as found <em>nowhere<\/em> else. <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5705\">Click here<\/a> for a number of cool new collector&#8217;s edition Premium products <b>now available starting at just $5!<\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow&#8230;We&#8217;re blown away by this article in today&#8217;s Beacon News. 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