Back in the early days of AOL and Compuserve, one of my good friends hung out in a chat room called "What are you wearing?" And that was the topic of discussion. Since my friend almost always wears black (no, she's not a Goth), her posts consisted mostly of "black leggings and a black pullover", "black jeans and a black sweatshirt", etc.
However, as a brand-new-blogger, I guess my appropriate couture would be pajamas.
A watershed media moment occurred Friday on Fox News Channel, when Jonathan Klein, a former executive vice president of CBS News who oversaw "60 Minutes," debated Stephen Hayes, a writer for The Weekly Standard, on the documents CBS used to raise questions about George W. Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service.Of course, bloggers are all over this, as you might expect, especially the always entertaining Lileks, and LGF.
Mr. Klein dismissed the bloggers who are raising questions about the authenticity of the memos: "You couldn't have a starker contrast between the multiple layers of check and balances [at '60 Minutes'] and a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing."
He will regret that snide disparagement of the bloggers, many of whom are skilled lawyers or have backgrounds in military intelligence or typeface design. A growing number of design and document experts say they are certain or almost certain the memos on which CBS relied are forgeries.
Another reason to love blogs and bloggers: They're smart, AND funny. And I love smart, funny guys... that's why I married my husband, after all. (Hi sweetie!)
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