In light of today’s attacks and me being increasingly annoyed with both right and left wing ‘bloggards’, I thought I would pick out a sample piece and fact check it: Instapundit writes: “UPDATE: Here are some interesting observations about the location of the attacks in London. “I have talked to a few people who have pointed out that Edgware, Aldgate (and Moorgate) and King’s Cross all are in or adjacent to Muslim communities. King’s Cross is the locale of The School of Oriental and African Studies, a highly respected institution teaching and researching Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It is possible that the attacks were as much directed at the Muslim population as much as the city at large.” 1. There are many other stations that are near SOAS, such that Kings Cross is certainly not the local tube station to it. Also, SOAS’s remit not Islam – hence…

I have been reading political blogs to try and find out what makes particular ones good meme spreaders. One the left I looked at Eschaton and DailyKos and on the right Instapundit and Little Green Morons. Conclusions: The left is full of crop circle paranoids. The right is full of stupid angry people. The sheer volume of information in both does manage to strip things to bare bones facts, but not by virtue of intelligence, just volume – like a colony of bacteria feeding on a corpse. Analysis still seems to be better in MSM – so I’ll be sticking to my favorite publications for the moment: The Economist and Atlantic Monthly.

Great New York Metro piece on Judy Miller from a while back: “…when there is trouble, it appears she

MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in Plame Case This would be the most ironic story ever – Journo leaks via unknown source – Supreme Court rules that journos have to give up sources – Supreme Court member resigns – Rove gets to be spindoctor for replacement – MSNBC analyst says that Rove was the leaker. “Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. Tonight, on the syndicated McLaughlin Group political talk show, Lawrence O’Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, claimed to know that name–and it is, according to him, top White House mastermind Karl Rove.” Somehow this doesn’t ring true. This rumor has been around blogs for a while, but…