(Hearty?) Recommendation

Did anyone see the subtle little shot TNR's Jonathan Chait took at bloggers a couple of days ago? He opened his piece as follows:

If you read my colleague Andrew Sullivan's weblog--and, if not, I heartily recommend it to all political junkies who use the Internet for procrastination--you no doubt have come across him attacking Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

How about that? You political junkies who use the net for procrastination (presumably because thoughtful people and real journalists do not, right?) should check out Sullivan's blog. But it couldn't possibly be of any real interest to anyone else.

I wonder why Chait felt the need to take that shot? Or if it is was even intentional. I don't entirely buy into the whole "journalists feel threatened by us bloggers" view that's so pervasive, but some journalists do seem to have a negative view of the phenomenon. Why?

[Posted at 11:24 CST on 03/03/02] [Link]