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February 12, 2006BELTWAY BLOGROLL
'Mugged By The Blogosphere'
Jim Brady of washingtonpost.com had a run-in with liberal bloggers last month over their visceral and often vulgar reaction to a column by Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell.
Saturday was payback time for Brady. He penned a column about "Blog Rage" and how it felt "to be mugged by the blogosphere." The difference between Brady's behavior yesterday and that of some of the bloggers who attacked him mercilessly a few weeks ago: Brady managed to act like an adult while still criticizing those with a difference of opinion.
Brady downplayed the conflict between blogs and the mainstream media, and he conceded that "blogs play a crucial role in the national conversation." But he decried the behavior of some of the bloggers who recently engaged him and other Post officials.
"What's distressing about my recent experience is that a small number of highly partisan, energetic bloggers poisoned the debate instead of contributing to it," Brady wrote. "Some of those angry about Howell's error didn't bother to present all the facts on their own sites. Instead, they picked the facts that conveniently fit their worldviews and ignored anything that didn't."
The column is sparking more critical chatter about Brady and the Post in the blogosphere -- from blog pioneers like Dan Gillmor and Jeff Jarvis, as well as liberal blogs like MyDD that targeted the the Post a few weeks ago.
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