TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE RATHERGATE REPORT: Patrick Ruffini writes:

To worry that CBS will be able to successfully whitewash Rathergate by trotting out two scions of the establishment unfairly diminishes the blogosphere’s signal accomplishment. They can no more whitewash this than they can sell the idea that John Kerry was a great candidate who just fell a little short, or the notion that some good violin playing was just what was needed after the iceberg opened a huge gash in the Titanic.

On the other hand, Ed Morrissey writes:

The mainstream media would have us believe now that the corruption of CBS and 60 Minutes Wednesday was self-evident and needed no impetus for discovery. They do not want to come to terms with an activist and energized readership, one that refuses to act like sheep any more. These media leaders cannot face their own biases and their desperate grip on the spigot of information, and so they attempt to simply ignore the critical role that the blogosphere played in bringing this debacle to light.

When we talk about whitewashes, let’s remember that history can also be rewritten to hand defeats to the victors and acquittals to the guilty. We can see this process happening before our eyes in the media right now — and the blogosphere had better react to it.

I’m more inclined to agree with Patrick, but there’s no harm in making sure that Ed’s fears don’t come true.