The WaPo tackles the Gilligan rsignation and seems astounded by the down fall of the BBBC in a short time:

The donnybrook that ensued between the British government and the BBC eventually led Gilligan's purported source to commit suicide and triggered a judicial inquiry that has now condemned the BBC's journalism as sloppy and negligent. But while the BBC's defenders are questioning retired judge Brian Hutton's blanket vindication of the government, some are also asking how one of the world's most respected news organizations could have allowed a journalist whose work had already come under question to make such a sweeping accusation based on one unnamed source -- and then compounded the error by failing to take a closer look at his report after Blair's heated denials.

The NY Times Blair fiasco, and the BBC issues have been pounded for the last few years around the blogosphere. Day in and day out bloggers are finding mistakes made by these "highly respected" news organizations. The playing field is finally leveling.