  I discovered urlLink Wonkette a while back, I'm glad to see her getting the big press! Too bad this wasn't printed in time to influence BloggerCon's uber-hyped blogs as journalism topics.
urlLink The New York Times > Fashion & Style > First With the Scoop, if Not the Truth : "With her gossipy, raunchy, potty-mouthed blog, Ms. Cox, a 31-year-old self-described failed journalist, has grabbed the attention of staid Washington, where gossip columns usually amount to little more than records of Capitol Hill staff changes and James Carville sightings. As she puts it, her mission for her blog (www.wonkette.com) is to write 'a blend of gossip and satire and things I make up. ' It supports no party line, mixing gossip items from newspapers and Web sites with tips e-mailed from readers, which could be anything from guesses about which members of the Bush administration are gay to blind items on Washington luminaries.
' `Famous for D.C.' should be the ultimate put-down,' Ms. Cox said, drawing from her stockpile of oft-employed one-liners. " 
