At TNR’s The Plank, Jason Zengerle has another update to the Ko$ola Kontroversy, with much more about the leftist blogosphere’s coordinating committee, the private email list called “Townhouse.”

I’ve noticed on many occasions that all the lefty blogs will suddenly go into lockstep, echoing the same talking points, whenever a breaking event happens. Now I know why. There’s no doubt that this list is also used to coordinate attacks when they decide to go after blogs like LGF or any of their other favorite targets.

But it’s highly revealing that the very thing the moonbat blogosphere always accuses the “right” of doing—secretly following orders from a central machine—is exactly what they’re doing themselves!

If there’s an equivalent list on the “right,” no one has ever invited me. But that’s OK; I wouldn’t join anyway.

UPDATE at 6/22/06 2:13:17 pm:

Ace is on the money here:

Notice no one on the right tried to enforce a code of silence with regard to Ben “The Nech” Domenech. Charges were made that right bloggers felt they had to acknowlege and weigh in on, and so we did. Even the tenor of the earliest posts was along the lines of “I hope this comes to nothing, but it doesn’t look good.” The charges were dealt with honestly, not embargoed.

UPDATE at 6/22/06 2:51:26 pm:

I couldn’t resist.

UPDATE at 6/22/06 3:05:52 pm:

Jeff Goldstein ruminates on the nature of progressive totalitarian groupthink, as manifested in Nutroots gathering centers and reality-based communities: Markos “Kos” Moulitsas:  “They can take my life, but they can never take …

UPDATE at 6/22/06 3:46:13 pm:

While you’re waiting for your popcorn to pop, here’s a good overview of the Ko$ola story by John Hawkins: Kos-ola Payola?