Barely a year later, after the Stephen Glass fiasco (see "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers, " Forbes Digital Tool, May 11), the online distribution of the Starr Report, and the proliferation of serious news outlets on the web, only the most undesirable demographic--the hopelessly uninformed--would dispute the legitimacy and power of online media.
And they failed for the same simple reason: They ignore the ultimate source of power and legitimacy -- the will of the people.
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Chavez and his backers took over practically all the levers of power, all the while claiming democratic legitimacy.
But, compared with the alternative of a second chamber with real power and real legitimacy, it's a sad end to the hopes and promises of the first term.
Although some have suggested that the possibility of Congress being able to claim such a power is Constitutionally implausible, subsequent events have only reinforced the legitimacy of this concern.
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Faith in government is seductive in its appeal to the governing class who gain legitimacy and power with their promises of increased economic security and to those in the Washington media who share their limelight.
In the 21st century, information is power, the truth cannot be hidden, and the legitimacy of governments will ultimately depend on active and informed citizens.
It had long been speculated that Putin had no intention of relinquishing power and the elections were designed to provide the requisite modicum of constitutional legitimacy to accomplish that.
Yanukovich wanted to get rid of the opposition which had first swept him out of power and which was still questioning his legitimacy, and so he turned to a law that was all too able to accommodate such ulterior motives.
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The actions we took in a dramatically short period of time are being implemented, precisely to put pressure on Colonel Qaddafi to remove himself from power, to leave power, because he has lost all legitimacy in the eyes of his people and of the world.
They devised tactics for practicing the distinctive brand of bloc politics that passes for diplomacy in multilateral organizations, and they worked relentlessly in the U.N. committees, commissions and agencies to deprive the state of Israel of legitimacy and to legitimize their own struggle and claim to power.
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