Stephen Spruiell has an interesting story about how the Washington Post was used by on-line political operatives, and doesn’t seem to care.

What he doesn’t point out, though, and is an ongoing sign of the continued cluelessness of mainstream reporters, is that while the word “bloggers” is used throughout the saga, including one of the story headlines in the Post, there were no blogs involved. Free Republic is not a blog, any more than it was during Rathergate.