Lot's of people have opinions; only Greenwald's, ahem, special fans seem to think his constitute "important work".

Mark.Poling

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secularliberalradicalsocialist

Politico is NOT trying to be "one of you," Gawker. (Note the difference in tone and substance between Politico and, say, Wonkette, which is in fact "one of you.") The only things you and Politico have in common is that you're both online and have written idiotic things over the last 24 hours.

For the reasons well stated by smartyr, Greenwald is quite justified in calling out John Harris, Mike Allen and Ben Smith for their crappily sourced and written articles. The fact that he does so in such an articulate and persuasive fashion only adds to the inanity of this post.

Stick to Radar.

j.blo

His coverage of FISA, of the wiretapping scandal, of the attorney firings and of the Plame case have been first rate. He and Josh Marshall are leading the vanguard in internet reporting. Your "critique" is just as shallow and vapid as the material he's doing such a great job critiquing.

Sorry, but this goes beyond "snark." Greenwald is doing important work, and there's more at stake here than some bullshit New York cattiness. He is as far from being "on a high horse" as is possible; his self-effacing and reasonable critiques have added immeasurably to the internet's political discourse.

If you don't know what you're talking about, then shut up.

smartyr

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