Peter Wilby on the commentariat influence report: "Since [Julia] Hobsbawm’s Editorial Intelligence makes money through briefing subscribers (mostly PRs) about columnists, it would be odd if it came to any other conclusion."

Stephen Glover on the Editorial Intelligence survey on columnist influence: "[T]his is a somewhat incestuous exercise, with like-minded people drawn from a narrow circle, patting one another on the back." Amen.