Hey, I'm as big a critic of the MSM as anyone, but this strikes me as a little underhanded:

...regarding the Gillette Fusion, some men clearly will like it and others won’t. But concerning objective commentary, once again bloggers show why so many people now turn to them in preference to the mainstream media.

So, they find three snarky mentions in the MSM, and then find three "objective" and "serious" reviews in the blogosphere, and somehow conclude that the MSM is frivolous, and the blogosphere serious and useful?

Sorry, not buying it--that's called "cherry picking the data." If they'd done some kind of exhaustive research, with numbers (e.g., 85 MSM mentions, 12 serious reviews vs 320 blog reviews, with 231 of them serious), they might have a case, but I'll bet I could could play their game by going and finding three "serious" reviews in the papers, and three snark-filled screeds from the blogs, and making exactly the opposite "case."

Which in fact is what critics of the blogosphere often do. Let's not lower ourselves to their level.

I disagree Rand. I think if you simply cut and pasted different parts of the same articles, you could portray a different story. Even Professor Reynolds said he wanted to joke about it.

Alas it is 5 blades, thus 5 times the cost that is necessary. Though I admit, I pay for the 3 blade system, though I never found it significantly better than the 2 blade Sensor.

Interesting, no story mentioned the single blade on the opposite side of the Fusion.

It's ironic that when we last discussed blogging versus the MSM, Mr. Reynold's gilette comment was precisely what I had in mind when I mentioned conflicts of interest. You can't even figure out what he's talking about without clicking on the Amazon link.

I think that the article makes the point that the blogs represent "real people" making real analysis, where journalists are snarky and cynical for the most part...which is true.

And let me use the opportunity to say this: The ultimate shave is the Quattro from Schick, because it conforms to your face. However the big drawback is that it dulls very quickly and you can only use the razor one time. So, I use the Mach 3 that vibrates most of the time and I think it provides a decent shave, better then two blades. I think the five blade thing could work better as more blades have for Shick, but have yet to try.