One, Apple Computer just won a major legal decision against blogs that reported insider information about upcoming Apple projects. The decision states that, ""trade secret laws apply to everyone regardless of their status, titles or chosen profession." I get the impression that it has something to do with these blogs' unwillingness to reveal the source of their inside info.
Next, Bill Cope, columnist for The Boise Weekly lambasts bloggers for both bad writing and the downfall of Dan Rather. I agree with the bad writing stuff (mostly), but seeing as how this post is the first time I've even mentioned Dan Rather, I think I'm innocent of the charges.
Finally, today's Sunday edition of The Idaho Statesman ran a pretty amusing Opus column. Sadly, Opus is not available online, so I can't direct you to the strip. The gist of it is that Opus has his own blog, and gets into trouble for falsifying a story about another news anchor through clever alliteration.
So, blogs and bloggers are under fire. I know I'm a sneaky, underhanded, sourceless hack of a "writer," and I guess it falls well within my evil purview to wonder if maybe major media outlets are starting to sweat about the upsurge in alternative news sources, and are trying to target stories of blogging gone bad. What do the rest of you