One of the most important roles of the blogosphere is to fact check the mainstream media.
Con Coughlin does that to John Humphrys' claim on Radio 4 this morning that more Iraqis have died since the overthrow of Saddam than during his dictatorship. Coughlin points out that something like one million people died under Saddam - six times as many more than have died since his overthrow. (And let's not forget the role he played in releasing prisoners in order to stoke the insurgency).
What we'll never know - thankfully - is how many would have died if Saddam Hussein had been left in power and had started weaponising again.
