Bloggers Are People Too!

Chopped liver (cc photo by peretzpup)

Writing about Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker, Amanda Fortini and the NYT manage to pull the classic MSM stunt of quoting a blogger without naming her:

Last April's finale garnered a series high of almost 1.6 million viewers. Even those who generally consider themselves too refined for reality TV — the microwave dinner of the entertainment world — are closet fans. "Watching Patti rather savagely describe what's wrong with these guys and why they have trouble getting/keeping themselves in real relationships is strangely invigorating," wrote a blogger for the feminist magazine Bitch before fretting: "Can I continue to watch this show and write for Bitch in good conscience?"

I put the quote into Google, and swiftly unearthed the post in question by Anna Breshears. Would it be so hard to use her name? To include a link to her post in the online version of the article?