• Too often, conser­v­a­tive sites have failed to distin­guish between solid scoops and fever­ish conspir­acy theories, between method­i­cal report­ing and harass­ment, thereby damag­ing their credibility.
• Daily Beast colum­nist Benjamin Sarlin • Regard­ing the James O’Keefe arrest in the grander scheme of things. Which is to say that many conser­v­a­tive Web sites excel at opinion but completely fail at credi­ble report­ing. O’Keefe’s take on gonzo journal­ism is inter­est­ing, but definitely not ethical. And other conser­v­a­tive Web icons – includ­ing Power­line (which broke the Rather­gate saga) and Michelle Malkin – have had shining moments but incon­sis­tent results. BigGovernment.com, which paid O’Keefe, may now be headed down that road. Sarlin gives credit to Tucker Carlson of the just-launched Daily Caller for trying to raise the standards to the likes of The Huffin­g­ton Post. Will it work? We’ll see. source

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