Take today's Chris Cillizza post at The Fix about Drudge and whether the GOP-friendly Internetist's influence is waning. (Gee, where have we seen that topic discussed in recent days?)

Cillizza claims the status of Drudge's mojo has become quit the topic of conversation among “the political chattering class.” And Cillizza links to a fine post by Phil Singer who delves into the issue.

Of course what Cillizza fails to mention is that Media Matters for America put that issue into play and continues to drive the topic. But for outlets like WaPo, it seems whenever possible they'd prefer not to credit Media Matters. I guess that's because we hold them accountable and often point out their flaws. Or maybe we're just not consequential enough.

And this is nothing new. The Post's Howard Kurtz used to link to my work on a regular basis when it appeared at Huffington Post and Salon. But I day I started working for Media Matters was the day he stopped linking to me.

That's fine. It's a big blogosphere and I'm not concerned about the MMA message not getting out. It's just humorous to watch Beltway insiders strain so mightily to avoid typing up the four words they seem to dread most: Media Matters for America.