A free press means you get what you pay for

[Kadie]

A free press means you get what you pay for

Kevin Sesock
opinion columnist

Hypothesis: Nature abhors a vacuum. Corollary: Given a vacuum, nature allows the law of the jungle to reign. Application: Mainstream media has failed in its duties, creating a vacuum for activists to do something about it.

Like most things on the Internet, blogging has begun to take its real-life counterpart by storm. A conservative-leaning “reporter” Jeff Gannon, a.k.a. James Guckert was investigated by Americablog.

Later, it was revealed he is a gay prostitute.

The story was also commented on by Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” Specifically, Jon Stewart, our hero in fake news has taken a chance at blasting the mainstream media for not only failing to dig deep enough to find this information, but also their response in calling bloggers unmanaged, unedited and untrustworthy.

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[jimshoes]

1. The MSM can say what it wants

but has any of them come out and said what part of the Gannon/Guckert story is untrue? No, they haven't because they are fast becoming irrelevant. They are not the final word on the news any more and they hate it. I say good, they deserve it.

[michaelwb]

2. My favorite bit

"Sure, there’s room to blast bloggers, due to the rampant conspiracy sites touting stories like “Bush implanted a GPS in my left nostril and is now sending me Nazi skinhead spam directly into my skull.”

But, let’s face facts, the Internet has always had a plot of ground set aside for the lunatic fringe."

Well, The National Inquirer & Weekly World News run stories of equally supported journalist integrity, so I guess I can dismiss all the print press, huh?