Today's Bloggers Briefing at the Heritage Foundation featured two great guests: Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) and John Solomon of the Washington Times.

Rep. Olson spoke first, and addressed the health care bill being considered by Congress. He said that there are three things people are upset about regarding this bill: the tax increase, long-term budget implications, and the public option. People understand that the public option will mean a government bureaucrat interfering in medical matters. And while there is some hope for conservatives regarding the health care bill, Rep. Olson said the GOP will not underestimate Speaker Pelosi – she is committed to passing the bill.

The Congressman also spoke about media bias against conservatives. He said it is a fact that the mainstream media does not treat Republicans fairly, and emphasized the need for conservatives to utilize blogs to get out their message.

Read more about Rep. Olson’s comments at today’s briefing in The Hill.

After Rep. Olson, John Solomon of the Washington Times spoke.

Solomon described the Washington Times as “platform agnostic,” meaning the news agency strives to be on every platform available - video, TV, the Internet, you name it. As of now, the news agency has 52 channels to get its news out to the public, and is constantly working on more (including an iPhone application.)

This strategy seems to be working. The Washington Times web site has seen a 500% growth in its visitors in just 1 year, and is now the 12th largest newspaper in the country, reaching 890 million people in 2009. This growth may also have something to do with the Washington Times' investigative reporting as the newspaper is constantly breaking important stories. On that note, Solomon advised us to check out the front page of the Washington Times tomorrow for a big story they will be running.

Solomon also spoke about a new project – TheConservatives.com – which he described as the "Google of conservative thought" and a “meritocracy of ideas.”

TheConservatives.com has enormous capabilities, including giving grassroots conservatives the ability to engage with major conservative leaders like Fred Thompson, Newt Gingrich, Grover Norquist and Liz Cheney. It can also be used to activate grassroots campaigns, test messaging points, and introduce new ideas and get them out quickly. Solomon said the purpose of TheConservatives.com is to marry leadership with the grassroots, and provide a platform for the grassroots to bubble up to the top, versus the traditional top-down approach.

Importantly, TheConservatives.com monitors in real time, without any polling, what people are talking about. It also monitors what conservative leaders are talking about. Solomon said that former Governor Sarah Palin’s staff use TheConservatives.com to watch what she says on Twitter and Facebook.

Bottom line: be sure to check out TheConservatives.com. You can also follow @WTconservatives on Twitter.

Conservatives were hopping mad at CNN yesterday over their coverage (or lack thereof) of the hundreds of Tea Party protests that took place across the country. After a correspondent lashed out at a protester during a live interview and exclaimed the protest was “not really family viewing” Twitter was ablaze with anger at CNN and what has been perceived as frequent obvious bias against Republicans.

This all came hot on the heels of a scathing Department of Homeland Security report released by the Obama administration that blasted “Rightwing Extremism”. Conservatives came out swinging yesterday and Twitter became the weapon of choice in the war of words:

@AliAkbar: Disappointed in CNN. Their coverage was not fair, not independent, and almost non-existent. #teaparty #msmbias

@justin_hart: Most incredible evidence of CNN bias... This reporter should be fired #TCOT #TEAPARTY http://ow.ly/2ZGm

@ericjodom: Have you seen the video of the CNN reporter spreading propaganda? http://twurl.nl/tenu4w #teaparty (I met her yesterday, BTW)

@joecaruso: CNN aptly proved that journalism is dead. http://is.gd/sKe6 #tcot #newmedia #teaparty

@FreedomRing: PROTEST CNN BY UNFOLLOWING ALL CNN TWEETS! #TCOT #sgp

Only time will tell if the momentum from the Tea Party protests rolls into a serious Conservative groundswell of action against CNN. Honestly, I hope it does.

At CPAC, I ran into Danny Glover, the senior producer and program director of Eyeblast.tv, the latest project by the Media Research Center.

I grabbed my video camera and asked Danny about the new site -- perhaps another "NicheTube"(?) -- here's the interview:

From the about section:

Eyeblast is an online platform for people to share and view videos, photos, articles and opinions on topics that are important to them -- from news to political issues and rip-roaring humor. People use the site to upload, view and share content, connect with friends, classmates and colleagues and make new acquaintances.

I've created a new account but I think the site is still in a beta stage as it said I'd have to wait three days to upload content.

[Disclosure: I serve on the Board of Advisors to the Media Research Center's Business & Media Institute.]