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"As with all movements, the blogosphere has its distinctions between those who think through and lead the efforts, and those who either join in later or cheer from the sidelines. The difference is much the same as between English footballers, who can be sent off for minor infractions, and their fans, who can be head-cracking hooligans. Separating one from the other is a matter of research on bloggers."

That's exactly the line I take when replying to these crybabies. My closing statements:
"This is why the Old Media fear the bloggers and try to smear them - reporters are now actually being held accountable for what they write or say.
That equally applies to any blogger who hypervents or makes bogus claims. On numerous occasions the more lurid tinfoil-hatters have been shut up with the simple one-word question 'Source?'.
The Old Media is facing a Brave New World, in the better sense of the term, and are terrified."