Mark Glaser has an article on the top internet sites and blogs covering the California recall and race to replace. Glaser thinks the LA Times has the best recall page. And of course, Glaser knows about Weintraub. No mention of Kaus, no mention of Instapundit, no mention of Calblog, no mention of Bill Bradley, no mention of Hugh Hewitt, no mention of Fresh Potatoes, no mention of Tacitus, no mention of Robert Tagorda .. indeed, no mention of anyone in the California Bear Flag League, etc.
And then this on a flash cartoon available at the crazy ladies' web site:
No matter your politics, there's something gut-wrenchingly funny seeing Arnold say, "I'm pro-environment," then run over trees, schools and children in his Hummer.
No, actually the cartoon was about as funny as a crazy lady knocking over a microphone at a public event -- it just goes "thud" and makes the viewer a bit uncomfortable.
And Glaser cites with approval Drudge's uninvestigated report on "alleged racist comments from Schwarzenegger's past." Glaser is happy to spread the inflamitory charges, without giving equal time to the debunking these charges have gotten from the 1970's bodybuilders at Ironage.us. Don't they teach better than this in journalism 101?
Glaser seems to have his hand firmly on the pulse of old media and old institutions available on the new medium of the internet -- and not much else. He's completely missed, for example, the internet sources out of which the blockbuster MECHa issue developed, such as FrontPage Magazine, Tacitus, InstaPundit, Kausfiles, Sharkblog, Townhall, etc. etc. etc.
Glaser knows a bit about the blogosphere -- why isn't this kind of thing in his "review" of the more important recall websites and blogs?
Posted by Greg Ransom