Blogs and Newspapers, Again

This LATimes article is the subject of a lot of lefty blog navel gazing this morning. The US attorney firing, er, surge was in large part brought to the attention of what bloggers refer to as the mainstream media (aka MSM) by the efforts of Talking Points Memo. I've read the site for years, and it started out as just another blog with an occasional jaunt into in-depth MSM-style coverage. Over time, while it still has the breezy blog style, it's pushed much more into the realm of real reporting rather than rumor mongering and snide remarks. The article is interesting and does a good job of capturing some of the issues surrounding the changes that are taking place in newspapers and blogs.