Wow. The gatekeeper media with editors and ombudsmen are using bloggers as sources.... snicker...
Sure thing! When it suits their purposes and political leanings, absolutely. Then they can hide behind the fraud and facade of "not being the first to say", or, as Katey Coric says, "Some people say..." Or just plain, "Sources say..."
Remember Dick Nixon's dirty tricks division? How scandalous it was? How the democrats and news media tsk- tsked it and shook their heads. Well, today's democrats and news media make Tricky Dick look like a Boy Scout.