Greenwald hits the nail on the head

As usual, Glenn Greenwald hits the nail on the head with this comment:

As I have written about before (and wish I could write more about right now), so much of the resentment towards the blogosphere and the accusations of "irresponsibility" come from establishment journalists who have grown accustomed to being unchallenged and never being held accountable. They deeply resent the accountability which the blogosphere presents, and ironically, the accusations of irresponsibility against the blogosphere grow in proportion to the blogosphere's effectiveness in exposing the corruption and error which underlies so much of what the establishment media does.

I usually don't like to post stories about the blogoshpere. They tend to get a bit too inbred. But, I really do get sick of having people turn up their noses when you talk about blogging or reading the blogs. Sure, many blogs are crazy teenage nutcases, but most of the blogs I read are committed to serious political commentary. And, most are far more perceptive in analyzing the facts than most mainstream media reports. That's not to say that blogs can replace the mainstream media. They probably can't because we need some organized, well funded source to gather the facts. But, the blogs can certainly work to keep the media honest.