MUCH MORE ON THE HILTZIK STORY, from Howard Kurtz.

UPDATE: More from Cathy Seipp. And Hugh Hewitt is noting the contrast between L.A. Times editor John Carroll’s dismissive comments about the lower standards of the blogosphere, and, well, this. And Ace writes: “I’m going to pretend that this is the MOST IMPORTANT STORY OF THE ENTIRE YEAR, as the left did with Gannongate and l’affaire ‘The Nech.'”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Roger Simon is playing Freud with Hiltzik.