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I agree with Althouse and Dan Riehl over the Dave Weigel resignation from the Washington Post.

What was Ezra Klein thinking when he started JournoList in the first place? Well, obviously, there have been some unintended consequences.

But, Weigel has nobody to blame but himself.

Yeah, Mickey Kaus has the scoop. Enjoy reading the high brow, sophisticated discussion here.

Why would these idiots ever think that some of their comments on a Google Groups list via e-mail would NOT Leak out?

Jeff Goldstein:

Think “Woodward and Bernstein bring down Nixon,” only replace “Woodward and Bernstein bring down Nixon” with “A bunch of guys who were beaten up daily in junior high show why they almost certainly had it coming.”

Murrow wept.

Jonah Goldberg:

Obviously, it’s just one excerpt and I’m sure there are serious conversations that take place over there, too. But even going by that one example, it’s pretty clear that the list itself and the qualities and qualifications of those on it is a major concern to those on it. It’s like the liberal egghead version of Heathers.

This Kaus scoop will keep on giving and Flap is positive there will be many more posts plus additional leaks.

One, finally for the morning: re: Keith Olbermann and Journolist:

Matthew Yglesias: I also read on TNR.com today that Jonah Goldberg, who believes that everyone on this list is a fascist, is “good-humored,” while Keith Olbermann’s work is best analogized to Glenn Beck or Michael Savage.

Ed Kilgore: To be fair, Cottle was writing about self-styled Pundit Types, not making comparative judgments of worth. I actually don’t think Olbermann much ever achieves the heights of hysteria routinely maintained by the well-named Savage, but the pretence [sic] by some of us admirers of Keith that he’s a paragon of reasoned discourse is a bit much, too.
[ed. snicker]

Jonathan Chait: Perhaps, if his work is going to be brought up here 2 or 3 times a week, he should be invited on the list. Or is the point of this to create a forum where certain people can be criticized (or, more precisely, called names) without the criticizer having to fear a response?

Jesse Singal: Everyone I know who likes Olbermann also acknowledge that he is egomaniacal [sic] and has a penchant for hysterical drama. The main difference, which is glaringly left out by anyone who conflates him with the Savages and O’Reillys of the world, is that Olbermann doesn’t tend to, you know, lie about stuff regularly.

[ed. hysterical chuckling]

Michael Cohen: Personally, I find Olbermann insufferable, but I’m not sure I buy the comparison.

Read the rest and mock away…….