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Look, you're actually right about that. I tend to stay away from ad hominem, but this time I strayed.

Before I go to work, the last think I'll say is that this New Media Good - MSM Evil bleat is not really brilliant. When it had a technological monopoly, the MSM veered toward lazyness and bias, but there were always great traditional reporters. And the new media, including a poster on FR, is just as capable of mistakes and irresponsibility as the worst of the MSM.

So we have to take each report and reporter on its own merits, and IMHO, this report has no merit. But the proof, one way or another, will emerge within the next week,

Before I go to work, the last think I'll say is that this New Media Good - MSM Evil bleat is not really brilliant. When it had a technological monopoly, the MSM veered toward lazyness and bias, but there were always great traditional reporters. And the new media, including a poster on FR, is just as capable of mistakes and irresponsibility as the worst of the MSM.

So we have to take each report and reporter on its own merits, and IMHO, this report has no merit. But the proof, one way or another, will emerge within the next week,

Thank you for a reasoned, thoughtful post of disagreement. I don't necessarly have the same point of view in this case, but I very much respect a well thought out argument that doesn't resort to mudslinging. You are right that we have to avoid lumping all media into "bloggers good, MSM bad" categories. And I'm all for using individual discernment on news sources.