Andy Baio links to Quarrygirl’s undercover investigation of the dubious ingredients in LA-based vegan restaurants.

It’s an interesting riposte the David Simon’s assertion that

“The internet does froth and commentary very well, but you don’t meet many internet reporters down at the courthouse,” he says. “Oh to be a state or local official in America over the next 10 to 15 years, before somebody figures out the business model. To gambol freely across the wastelands of an American city as a local politician! It’s got to be one of the great dreams in the history of American corruption.”

Can passionate, single issue advocates find a way to fill some of the gap left by the fall of traditional journalism ?