Remember, with the degraded conditions of the print media these days your typical reporter does his researching by looking at police "blotters" and other materials on the net.
I've found few stories of consequence recently that are EXCLUSIVE to any particular newspaper.
They just can't keep it secret ~ if it didn't belong to them in the first place.
No one should be getting his nose out of joint over the fact an old print media word is not as widely or instantly understood as it once was.
BTW, when it comes to this "GUNRUNNER" scandal most of your MSM types have to read the same private bloggers all of us already dug into MONTHS AGO.
Even I probably have a couple more blockbuster revelations to make about the USPS ~ hair curling in some quarters if not here, but you will see much more of that over time.
Some day look up "Santa Claus", "Reindeer", and "Little Red Man". #10 on the hit parade is still a Free Republic Thread from November 27, 2003 right behind Cheech and Chong, Celine Dion and, lo and behold, The Christmas Song.
That's the difference between the Internet and Print. You don't need a newspaper's archives to put together good stuff that has people reference it year after year.