This was one of the big sites back in the day that broke the Adscam. The media were trying to desperately hide it, but people were going around the media and to Kate's blog to get the news and this was the pre-facebook days. Finally in the end weeks after everyone knew about the scandal they finally had to start reporting on it. They really dragged their knuckles on this one because it didn't fit their "Conservatives have a secret agenda" propaganda.

How do I know all this? I was working in a field close to the ENG industry at that time. Reporters in our building were surfing her site with dread because they didn't want to report on this and they didn't want to believe it. I've been following her blog ever since then, through the Climategate and everything else that has come since.