I've read a lot of funny things in my life, but this is close to being the funniest.

Via Atrios:

I Love Journalists

If only these two excerpts had been sequential,perhaps the absurdity would have been apparent:

While mainstream reporters must sign their names to news stories and submit to the editors and ethical guidelines of their organizations, the bloggers -- many operating freelance -- often write under anonymous sign-ons and without the bureaucracy or controls of a mainstream media organization. ...

But one key state Democratic strategist, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of concern for riling the netroots crowd, warns that such efforts are potentially positive and negative.

Netroots commentary can frequently be intensely personal, even "totally mean and irrational," the strategist said, with some bloggers finding power in their ability "to assassinate political characters online."

"It's amplified by the anonymity, and it can be scary that it's so irresponsible," the insider said. "And it's pulling the mainstream media in that direction."
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intensly personal, totally mean, irrational, or assinating characters.:sarcasm:
I think the tail is wagging the dog here.

:rofl: if it wasn't such a travesty

"What this is doing is blowing apart the old calculus for who gets to come to the party and who doesn't," says Peter Leyden, director of the San Francisco-based New Politics Institute, a think tank that tracks the intersection of the Internet and politics. "

good article! thanks. :)

LOL.

What he really doesn't like about blogs is that they bash Republicans.

of the Daily Onion. Who says irony is dead?

Though to be fair, it could also be Marshall Wittman.