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I actually like a lot of what Alter has to say normally. But his opening salvo about how people disbelieve everything from mainstream media and believe everything on line. Who are these people? Is there literally anyone who thinks that way? Even if there are, how is it that Alter manages to (head-shakingly) attribute this to the whole blogosphere?
I don't see much of anyone in the lefty blogosphere, at least, who wants to throw the MSM out or doesn't recognized the value of their reporting. In fact, that's why virtually all of them -- you, Glenn, being a prime example -- fight so hard to point out the problems the MSM has. Not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but to improve the reporting.
Yet these guys are so defensive, their response -- like Alter's -- is to refuse to engage the real criticism and just completely mischaracterize -- no, that's a euphemism, how about LIE about what the bloggers are saying. It's sad.
