And besides, you don’t even have to worry about whether the person is actually an expert on the web, whereas if you have a journalist check into it, you might not be able to find a claim that supports your preconceived idea.
And we know, just really *know* that nothing posted has ever been wrong. And those who claim to have contacts all really *do* have contacts. No need for any well developed network of reporters and sources.
Oh, riiiiiight.
Just as we know that journalists never, ever make stuff up out of whole cloth and get it by their editors.
That whole Jason Blair thing — that was just the white man keepin’ a brotha down, ya dig it?
And the Stephen Glass thing? So yesterday to insist on actual facts.