At the risk of being called

a "blog triumphalist" (I checked on m-w.com and triumphalism is, in fact, a word, though one might argue that supporting bloggers/blogging is not precisely a religious creed), I'm linking to this: Doug Kern has written a beautifully snarky response to retired journalist Eric Engberg's opinion piece about bloggers and their lack of checks and balances, etc., etc. Some of the response is a bit too snarky to take to heart, but we've already had this discussion, and Kern rightly keeps the tone light. (Via InstaPundit)