Here’s some unexpected praise that made my morning, in a Jerusalem Post article on an Israeli proposal to give some bloggers journalist credentials.

The Government Press Office (GPO) is considering granting leading bloggers press credentials equal to those of journalists and reporters.

Ron Dermer, a senior adviser to the prime minister, took the opportunity to formally recognize the work bloggers do in defending Israel and uncovering fraudulent claims against the Jewish state at the International Jewish Bloggers Convention last week.

Lauding the work of bloggers in defending Israel, Dermer claimed that “The blogger [Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs] who revealed Reuters’ doctoring of images during the Second Lebanon War did as much as any Israeli intelligence officer did.”

Other bloggers noted in this article:
The Muqata
Augean Stables