In a Political-Blog Course, Students Sort the Spin

In the final weeks of the presidential election, as pundits burn up the political blogosphere, 16 students at Texas A&M University at College Station have been separating reality from rumor and stimulating discussions of their own.

In a new course, "Communication and Political Blogging," students are analyzing blogs from the far right of the political spectrum all the way to the far left. They are also writing their own blogs in which they examine politics from the standpoint of

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