Criticism and teh blogz

"The internet is a brave new medium and only a fool would cavil and carp at the magnificent opportunities it affords hitherto repressed masses of people. Certain regressive elements might speak of lost aesthetic standards, of the critic's knowledge and authority, and also of the unpleasant tendency of some to abuse and malign others from behind the mask of anonymity. But such is the price of progress, comrades."

Lee Siegel at the Guardian writing about criticism and blogging. I should say writing about actual criticism, not the "u r teh suk" kind that is rampant in message boards, although there's some of that too.