Glenn Reynolds and his crew of sycophants are constantly telling everyone that the blog is, and will be, the new news media. OK, go to his site for a week. See how many original news stories actually broken by blogs ---fake stories don't count--- he links to; ditto Simon, ditto anybody. Opinion is not news. News is news. Filled with slanted stories and hidden buzz words, but none the less a news site worthy of the name is Reuters. There is real news there, not like the bullshit on Google, AP, Yahoo and the other sites. Now tell me a blog that can do that. Sample stories there: Russian troops carry out 10 pct of Chechen kidnaps; Uzbek killings a "massacre" - human rights report; Nepal rebels probing attack on civilians - report; NIGERIA: Armed police patrol northern city after violence by Muslim groups; Violence on second day of Ethiopia poll protests; all this on one page. That is a website. This is a blog site. Big difference.