Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural People who work for a political campaign or cause outside of established modes of political organization, especially by using the Internet as a primary means of organizing and public relations.
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- noun
grassroots politicalactivism on the internet, especially onblogs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(After all, the word netroots is in the dictionary now.)
Blogging Conference Notes - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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(After all, the word netroots is in the dictionary now.)
Blogging Conference Notes - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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One of the clearest criticisms levied against the netroots is their influence on the discourse of campaigns.
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Many conservative bloggers agree, which is why they’ve staked out their own term, “Rightroots,” (including PDF contributing editors), and why some conservatives try to debase the term netroots as “nutroots” or “radical netroots.”
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So I'd see this as another confirmation (following Darcy Burner) that the influence of the big progressive blogs, as opposed to the more diverse netroots, is significantly overstated.
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The best way to understand the netroots is to that, for them, this is all just a big on-line game.
Let me just push back on the Left’s attempt to co-opt… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The implied contrast between the intellect and thoughtfulness of the “centrist” establishment and raw partisanship from the netroots is extremely propagandistic.
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Pinning your hopes on Moore is living in netroots fantasy land.
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Chait concludes that pressure from the netroots is causing the mainstream media to provide more balanced coverage.
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If the netroots is worth 7000 words, you should spend essentially all of the rest of the year on that noise machine.
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