Let's see what "gaining steam" really means.Ah, but see, your example is a rumor from the conservative side. The Old Media will ignore anything from that side. THIS rumor is from the left. they will take this ball and run.
I for one can say that I no longer watch cable news and this is only one of the many examples why.
And for those liberal lurkers out there this ones for you;
You’re looking at a former Democrat here. You have turned me against you and I have embraced the right side of the isle because you don’t know how to behave yourselves and you have become a rotten miserable bunch.