I believe Capitol Hill Blue deserves a place on DU but should be [View All]

taken with a grain of salt just like most bloggers should be taken with a grain of salt.

After posting one of Doug Thompson's articles today I got a hand full of people comparing CHB to the National Enquirer so I decided to check out the reputation of the site. The conclusion I came to is exactly in line with my original thinking, that his work is plausible but needs to be approached with caution just like most bloggers.

One site describes an article from the site this way: An interesting account, whose veracity I am not necessarily vouching for (it seems rather thinly sourced for the depth of its accusations), of the afterlife of Total Information Awareness on an Arlington, VA, street. (The publication, Capital Hill Blue, sells itself as a place for old newspaper men to run "the stories their outfits don't have the guts to publish," which could either be a sign of brave truthtelling or reckless taletelling.)

Ok fair enough but websites like Daily KOS and Raw Story OFTEN publish information on their blogs or news sites and site "a reliable source" So does this make Daily KOS full of shit as well? It seems we hold Journalists to a much higher standard than we do Bloggers? Is that fair? I have no idea what the 'Kos' vices are and I don't care, you can bet these guys have THOUSANDS of people on retainer who pass them dirt on their enemies.


If we are going to say Capitol Hill Blue should not be posted on DU because Doug Thompson doesn't list his secret sources who are insiders in the Bush Administration then shouldn't we hold Bloggers to the same standard?

Both have a place on the net and on DU and both should be taken not as gospel but as another source of ideas to be considered as a piece of the larger puzzle.