What is this strange think you speak of called... blogs?

I love when Judy, Howie and the usual gang of idiots talk about blogs, which have been around for years, as if they were invented yesterday.  They always name-check the Lott and Rather-like "takedown" stories as if that's all that blogs can do.  As if they're not just citizens talking about the politics and the government they own.

So all this week, Inside Politics is talking about "the impact of blogs."  Howie is looking at the mouse like it's a moonrock.

I'll update as this goes.

Update [2005-2-14 16:21:51 by dday]: Howie seems to be solely interested in the speed of blogs. Not the content, not the relative accuracy, but "I was on CNN, and then Instapundit reviewed my story in under an hour!" Oh goodie! They're listening to me!

Update [2005-2-14 16:24:20 by dday]: It is a little interesting to see CNN talking about Maya Keyes, the Gannon site pictures exposed on AmericaBlog, and Kos' Dean-DNC fundraising. And the bogus North Korea/Iran nuclear plant pics on CNN story!

Update [2005-2-14 16:22:23 by dday]: Judy just chimed in with a brilliant quote: "Can we figure out how many people are reading the blogs?" No, Judy. You don't think the InterWeb is able to keep all them there numbers straight, do ya? It can't actually keep a running count of people logging on to websites! That'd be insane! Think of how big the numbers are! I don't have enough fingers and toes to keep up!