Helen Thomas: Bloggers "Don't Have Our Ethics."

Helen Thomas unloads on bloggers.

"What I really worry about is that I think the bloggers and everyone, everyone with a laptop thinks they're journalists," Thomas said. "And, they certainly don't have our standards. They don't have our ethics, and so forth. There's a deterioration," she continued. "Reporters laid down on the job in the run up to this [the Iraq] war."

Journalistic ethics are one of the big reason why so many people are turning to bloggers for their news.

Here's one recent example of journalistic ethics, and here's another one.

And here's a fine example of journalistic standards.

Of course, Helen Thomas has exhibited her own standards and ethics.