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“They pretend to be a journalist, and at the same time they’re saying, ‘I’m not a journalist.’” That’s not a quote from Anita Dunn, who made similar claims railing against Fox News; no those are the words of Bernie Goldberg from two weeks ago. Last night he defended FNC against what Bill O’Reilly called the “jihad against Fox,” but also found time to blame “opinion journalism” on the diversification of the newsroom.

Mediaite called the showdown between Fox News and the Obama administration back in mid-August. Now that it’s officially here, heralded by an attack-dog performance by White House Communications Director Anita Dunn on Reliable Sources, what does it mean? And which side, if either, will ultimately come out on top? A roundup of pundit reactions from the blogosphere and beyond: