The blogosphere comes of age...
With all due respect, this event showcases a phenomonon of "new media" power that could only have occured through a vehicle with the community force multiplying tools of FR.
TankerKC's initial post , casting suspicion on the documents displayed on 60 minutes, occurred approximately 30 seconds after the documents appeared on that show. THINK OF THAT! The fraud was well on its way to being debunked by 1 a.m. this morning. Littlegreenfootballs responded to some Freepers e-mail, or took a gander upon this forum, sometime around 4 am.
No single blog can rally a rapid response over a huge number of vital issues like FR can. This forum is, to use a trite old 90s term, synergy at its most powerful.
Places like FR (in other words FR because it is inimitable) and the blogosphere can work in concert. We're the town square arguing, vetting and digesting, they're the disseminating REPORTERS of valuable insights, leads and other interesting stuff we shake loose.