[Gabz]

Not looking to take anything away from Sarah Palin, but “lamestream &(LSM)” were being used on Free Republic long before she became mainstream. I know I was using it back in at least ‘03 and know I picked it up from here.

[Cicero]

Quite true. Sarah just popularized it. She has been a friend of FR.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I recall Brian Wilson on KSFO evenings using the term lamestream media. Wilson was on KSFO in the late 1990s ending in 2002 I recall. He also used the word presstitutes.

(He always kidded that he was the Brian Wilson of a popular group back in the '60s. I never cared a whit about that group back then and for a long time I believed that we was serious.)