I posted here regarding New York Times columnist Adam Cohen’s ridiculous take on blogosphere ethics. This from the newspaper that gave us (and still gives us) Walter Duranty.

Anyway, I figure I’d link to a few of the blogs participating in the Great Cohen Clobbering. All of them have great points:

Michelle Malkin, Patterico, Little Green Footballs, Jeff Jarvis, Dr. Steven Taylor, Pejman Youefzadeh, Ace of Spades, Jack Lewis, Ann Althouse, Cori Dauber (Rantingprofs), Mudville Gazette, Instapundit, Myopic Zeal and Citizen Z.

Some of my faves follow. From Malkin:

In case you missed it, Cohen thinks the reckless blogosphere should adopt a formal code of ethics. You know, since it has obviously worked so well for the MSM.

From Jarvis:

Third, journalists and their conventioneering organizations like to make many lists of rules about ethics, which make some lose sight of the more fundamental notion that ethics are really a matter of individual conscience and trust: You can follow every rule in the book but still slant a story or a paper’s coverage by the news you select and how you write it; you can still squander your trust.

From Pejman:

Thorough silliness. Would someone care to explain to me how we bloggers are supposed to “reform ourselves”? Shall we call a convention? Shall we lobby for blogging legislation in Congress?

From Althouse:

Please. The journalistic code didn’t keep [Eason] Jordan and [Dan] Rather in line. It was the bloggers, invoking their own standards — not a code but an evolving culture — that called them to account. Any bloggers with any kind of high profile will be similarly called to account if they violate the blogosphere’s cultural norms.