When all else fails - blame the bloggers

This idiot at the BBC says The Web is fuelling a crisis in politics.

"What is the big breakthrough, in terms of politics, on the web in the last few years? It's basically blogs which are, generally speaking, hostile and, generally speaking, basically see their job as every day exposing how venal, stupid, mendacious politicians are.

"The internet is being used as a tool of mobilisation, which is fantastic, but it only adds to the growing, incommensurate nature of the demands being made on government."

He challenged the online community to provide more opportunities for "people to try to understand the real trade-offs that politicians face and the real dilemmas that citizens face".

What a crock of crapola. It's about time the politicians start trying to understand the real dilemmas that citizens face and the trade offs the working class has to make every day just to survive. We've got millions of Americans who have to choose between food and medicine, between new shoes for their kids and gas in their car. What trade offs are the politicians facing? Does he mean things like selling out the common good for corporate interests in order to protect their deep pocket campaign contributors? If blogs don't expose them, who will? The MSM isn't doing it.

Guido has the quote of the day in response to this piece.

Guido intends to be a thorn in the side of corrupt politicians for a long time. There is nothing the vermin can do about it, no media proprietor for them to brandish baubles to, no job you can offer, no bribe we will accept. They deserve everything they get, the crisis has been brought about by their lies. In an age where all can be journalists and information is freely available they have lost control of the media. That is their crisis and our victory.

Amen, Guido.