Easongate: No Time to Gloat

"First, Dan Rather was exposed as a liar and a fraud by the men at Powerline and Little Green Footballs. Now, CNN's chief news executive, Eason Jordan, has been forced to resign over his infamous comments that American troops have intentionally targeted journalists in Iraq for murder," writes blogger Vox Day in a WorldNetDaily piece this morning bearing the triumphalist headline, "The Gatekeepers Crumble." He continues:

The blogosphere is still unlikely to completely replace the legacy media as a primary producer of news… But the blogs do appear to be supplanting the op-ed pages and cable TV commentariat as opinion leaders. … When five blogs – Blackfive, Blue State Conservatives, The Adventures of Chester, Bill Roggio and The Gogblog – can force papers such as the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal to cover a story they had hitherto been ignoring, it is clear that the torch of opinion leadership is passing. … The barbarians are within the gates ... let the pillaging begin!

Ah, the confidence of youth. Vox Day's observations are true enough, but don't think the MSM will allow itself to be "pillaged" without a fight. The persecution of conservative White House reporter James Guckert (aka Jeff Gannon) – complete with threats to his family – only faintly foreshadows what lies ahead. Be warned, fellow bloggers. Big Media will have its vengeance. They will fight hard and fight dirty.

"And so the assault on the blogosphere begins…" notes Blackfive. "EasonGate is bringing about some hard feelings from CNN and the Main Stream Media. … I think it's just the beginning."