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To: tekboy who wrote (23838)	4/7/2002 11:54:01 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

If you eliminate the "name" pundits, then the editorial boards of the newspapers would have all the fun to themselves. They are not going to give up their right to bloviate on their own editorial pages. If anything, the rise of bloggers is helpful in providing more of a feedback loop to the punditry. If they have a right to bloviate, perhaps our right to trash their arrogance and stupidity may make them work harder on their copy.

To: tekboy who wrote (23838)	4/8/2002 6:15:49 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

New York Times Wins a Record Seven Pulitzer Prizes nytimes.com On the honorary division of the bloviating pundit front, a local favorite gets the prize: The prize for commentary went to Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times for columns on the worldwide impact of terrorism. It is his third Pulitzer, having received prizes in 1983 and 1988 for international reporting. I'm with you on the "one a month" rule. The 2-a-week grind is almost as obvious in its effect as the lastest leak group-think for the majority of the herd. Friedman is , I think, fairly exceptional, he seems to have kept a lot of his reporter's beat habits.