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Colin at e.politics posted yesterday about the growing trend for political activists to use the comments section on mainstream media news sites to voice their opinions and, as Colin writes, "reach the news organizations’ readers directly" and "bypass the editorial approval process." One more reason why I find media relations to be such a snore. Who wants to spend their time begging for coverage from reporters? Jump in to the conversation on your own terms.