New media pundits become part of Washington establishment

“I look at those guys and call them ‘Facebook pundits,’ ” said Tammy Haddad, the venerable Washington hostess and cable news veteran. “They’ve risen up the media food chain. They’re acknowledged by the White House. They measure their success in a different way than the old guard in this city used to. --An excerpt from a New York Times piece on the rise of new media journalists in the U.S. capital. Click on the title to read the story.