Today, Kos notes that some politically conservative bloggers have defended him in the Zephyr stink. Wondering why, he comes to the conclusion that many of us have been saying for months now:

Bloggers of all stripes are realizing that we, as a medium, are facing an attack from the media establishment -- from the newsrooms to the J-schools. They hoped we would go away after the election but we're still around causing all kinds of trouble, so they will use every hook to try and discredit the blogosphere.

As Jerome notes, we're at war with the Right, and the conservative bloggers see themselves at war with the Left. But I think we're seeing a measure of solidarity when our medium is under attack. And make no mistake about it, the media establishment is gunning for us.

(Steve Galliard's rant on the subject provides some background as well, and interesting thoughts on blogging ethics.)

--But it's not just the blogs. The media establishment is also going after independent voices in the news -- for example, in the form of rapidly escalating licensing fees. When people challenge what's "fit to print," these taste-makers who tell us what's appropriate to know don't like it when they aren't in the final position to judge.

[Edit: Clarified that last sentence, which had an ambiguous referent. Revised text is in italics.]

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