​Washington Post blogger Dave Weigel resigned a few weeks ago in the wake of his off-the-record emails being leaked from fellow Post blogger Ezra Klein's infamous DC email listserv, Journolist. One of the emails had him explaining that Matt Drudge should set himself on fire, which isn't inaccurate. However, the leaks -- which looked fairly coordinated -- and following manufactured outrage against Weigel got too hot, the Post leadership was too weak, and under both, Weigel resigned. We wrote then: "Dave Weigel's gonna land, and he's gonna land softly." What happened? Weigel ended up for a short stint at MSNBC as a contributor, and now, has returned to working for the Washington Post Company again.

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​Over the weekend, we here at The Village Voice were presented with quite the dubious distinction!

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​Following Washington Post blogger Dave Weigel's resignation, talk of the now-ceased Journolist -- the infamous email listserv from which Weigel's off-record political musings were pulled -- quieted to a low hum. Until Tuesday, that is, when smug pundit Tucker Carlson's website The Daily Caller started publishing more Journolist emails. 

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​Speculation continues to swirl surrounding the leaked listserv emails that led to the resignation of Dave Weigel, the Washington Post's blogger on the conservative beat. To recap: Weigel belonged to an exclusive group of political reporters and commentators, headed by fellow WaPo young Ezra Klein, called Journolist. Sometimes Weigel got feisty in emails he believed were private, joking about things like Matt Drudge setting himself on fire. Last weekend, Weigel's emails were leaked -- first to Betsy Rothstein at FishbowlDC and then to Tucker Carlson's The Daily Caller -- and the uproar ("Weigel loathes those he's expected to cover objectively!") led to him quitting. In the aftermath, we here at Runnin' Scared have been asking: Who smeared Dave Weigel? Why was he targeted? Is this just the beginning -- will Journolist (since shuttered) come back to bite others on the ass? We're not the only ones with opinions:

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​Yesterday afternoon, The Washington Post's conservative blogger, Dave Weigel, resigned. This was following the leak of some emails detailing his personal political views to a DC hack-gossip named Betsy Rothstein and bowtied blowhard Tucker Carlson's website, The Daily Caller. The emails were pulled from a private listserv run by fellow Washington Post blogger wunderkind Ezra Klein, the notorious Journolist. Now it's time to ask:

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Via Wonkette.

​This is a story you should familiarize yourself with, for two reasons: (1) You may hear more about it over the weekend. And (2) It's a story about the state of dialogue and opinion, of ethical gray lines and competing reporters, and the way a fast news cycle -- like a strong tide -- can politicize an issue until it ends in the worst way possible. Until earlier today, the Washington Post had a very popular, well-liked blogger named Dave Weigel. He handed in his resignation to the Post this afternoon. Why?

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