Glenn Reynolds on the Birth of Instapundit & How an Army of Davids Changed Journalism

[NoMoreBlatherDotCom]

Glenn Reynolds' fans marked down my earlier comment. It's no big surprise that Reynolds' fans are as unclear on speech as he is.

For the facts about Reynolds, see my extensive coverage:

24ahead . com/s/glenn-reynolds

He had a chance to encourage his readers to discredit a very far-left, pro-illegal immigration Rep. (Raul Grijalva). Instead, all he did was promote holding up bunny ears behind Grijalva's head. If you want stupid, childish, and ineffective, Reynolds is your source.

[blogegog]

I would like to say 'heh', but I can't figure out how to link it. So sadly, I'll have to go with an 'indeed'.

[Mauser712]

what a shame so many of those great blogs have fallen by the wayside. Johnson's rediscovered liberalism, den Beste now blogs Anime, and Bill, your blog has moved so many times that most blogrolls have dead links.

[Jeffersonicus]

Hmm.

[ArtD0dger]

Indeed.

[somercet1]

HEH.

[ArtD0dger]

Really? Glenn only got 5000 hits on 9-11? I thought the trope was that Instapundit burst onto the scene on that day. Heck, I probably accounted for a couple hundred of those hits.

He was posting excerpts and links to whatever the latest breaking news was at a time when the major news sites had stale hours-old stories, if you could even get them to load at all. I found Instapundit on 9-11, and I've been going back ever since.

[WhiskeyJim59]

I respectfully submit citizen journalism has a long way to go.

Consider that the media just delivered a petulant, untried, untested socialist to the Presidency, and very arguably manufactured the confusing, almost unelectable Republican McCain to run against him. And in the last two years, they have preserved most of the President's favorable ratings despite almost historic failure.

[greensidage]

Bill, for your information we beat the Gators 34-32 in 2001. Go Vols!

[Auscifer]

@NoMoreBlatherDotCom

Are you like his stalker? Most politicians are like children, so that is entirely appropriate. Thanks for your insightful comment here, I am totally going to check out your spam website for more "hilites" Have a nice day... rube

[Typewriterking]

I remember an early day with my website in the summer of '06 when I was averaging around four thousand visitors a day, and I made a post about a viral video lefties claimed was astroturf by Salem Media. Well, I took a screencap where the vid disclosed it was from Salem. The post attracted 80k hits. I thought "who linked it?" Instapundit? No. Drudge? Nope. Digg, Fark, Reddit? I checked Technorati & everything, & I never figured out how it happened. I suspect an e-mail newsletter. Who knows?

[EffieReal]

I hope you guys have Misha at the Rottweiler on PJTV sometime.

[DXMediaTV]

Bill you're sporting Newscaster hair!

[karleggman]

Love these guys. Both are National Treasures.

Reynolds/ Whittle in 2012!

[tselliott]

Awesome interview. I really enjoyed it. :)

Definite Instapundit fan here.

[wildoates56]

One of the coolest things is to be quoted on Instapundit--all my friends e-mailed me congrats when it happened, hee hee hee

[groam6666]

Creation myth my ass! Al Gore probably believes it.