Thank you Mr. Bryant ...

... and to Mr. Scott Rosenberg I say, bloggers are the modern day reincarnation of the 19th century muckrakers. Some of their methods are sensational and irresponsible and they surely intend, as did their grandfathers (John Steinbeck, Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, David Graham Phillips, Ray Stannard Baker, Samuel Hopkins Adams, and Upton Sinclair), to stir up public opinion as it is that very opinion that moves the heart, mind and soul to action.

Without the competition of the muckrakes, the mainstream press would continue to degenerate into the "1984" mouthpiece of the brave new world lapdog. So to Mr. Rosenberg and his ilk I say, please retire quickly as the chains of servitude to the 'truthmakers' ensconced about your neck are weighing too heavily on the rest of us.

"Bloggers Do Matter"