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Monday, September 15, 2008 12:00 AM

Time's Karen Tumulty: Unlike reporters, bloggers don't have to use proof

A reporter from one of the nation's most fact-challenged "news" magazines claims that bloggers enjoy a "luxury" her colleagues don't -- the ability to say things without evidence.

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  • Monday, September 15, 2008 10:49 AM

    Reply from Karen Tumulty

    Glenn (and pardon if that Glenzilla thing was considered an insult; I've seen it used by some of your biggest fans):

    I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. I was not saying you make up arguments from whole cloth. The point I was trying to make is that most of what you cite to make your arguments--and I'm a regular reader--is stuff that was originally reported in the much-maligned MSM.

    I think I made that a little clearer in a subsequent post on that thread, where I said:

    Ivb: But where does he get the print sources and quotes that he cites? Um, the media...? Today's installment, BTW, is based on the Gellman book, which Glenzilla too seems to find pretty eye-opening.

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