Here is a great example of network-centric advocacy in action. How hard is it to inject opinion into a Vice Presidential debate?
You may have listened to the Vice Presidential debates. It was surprising to hear Dick Cheney respond to the Hallibuton attacks with "(Edwards and Kerry) know the charges are false. They know that if you
go, for example, to www.factcheck.com, an independent Web site sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, you can get the specific details with respect to Halliburton."
Unfortunately, the VP probably wanted to point people to www.factcheck.org.
Does it matter? Well, it does when you are fighting a network. A loosely organized network can seize opportunities very quickly.... the real owner of the domian pointed traffic at a George Soros site within
minutes of the gaffe. The site pointed it to a site with the headline "Why We Must Not Re-Elect President Bush". (50,000 hits in the first hour.)
The spin after the debate 24 hours later hard started to talk about the mistake, the moves and Soros strong opposition to Bush. Where will they point factcheck.com next? Since it is not Soros' address the traffic could be pointed a new site tomorrow.
Watch out.
