If you missed the defensive, uninformed piece in the LA Times this Sunday about blogging, you didn't miss much — just more of the same nostalgia for the good old days and whining about how bloggers are all hobbyists who don't bother to report.

But this response by an NYU j-school prof is spirited. Check it out.

It's telling that the first piece contained almost no reporting, just one professor's opinion and a few facts that anyone could find on Google. This is, of course, what the writer is accusing bloggers of doing.

The response, on the other hand, is well-researched and illuminating. A couple of the blogs it mentioned I had yet to discover. I'm looking forward to checking them out.