Media’s loss of credibility

An essential post from Instapundit on the ‘seismic’ loss of credibility among mainstream journalists. Glenn Reynolds:

I think the trend is too bad — I’d much rather have trusted and trustworthy mainstream journalism than the reverse — but, frankly, the loss of credibility is well-earned, as pretty much any blog reader knows.

Case in point: Our post yesterday that included the IDF’s version of events on the Rafah disaster was linked by Andrew Sullivan. Thousands of new readers poured into BackSpin, receiving the essential information that was missing on their evening news.