This from Glenn, the master puppy blender himself:
It seems like a lot of people are trying to shut up bloggers all of a sudden. It also doesn’t seem to be working very well….
(Etc., etc. – see article for details.)
In conclusion, Glenn observes:
And that’s the lesson in all of these cases. As bloggers get more powerful, lots of people are likely to be tempted to try to silence them. This, however, is likely to turn out badly — like trying to stop hornets’ buzzing by smacking their nest with a stick. In all cases, the people who don’t like what the bloggers are saying should be responding with facts and arguments of their own, rather than trying to shut bloggers up. They’ll catch on eventually, but I suspect that it will take a few painful stings before the lesson sinks in.
Indeed.