Trent Lott Gay Scandal: Bloggers Once Again Trump Traditional Media(?)
by Steve Broback | November 26th, 2007So the breaking news is that Trent Lott may have retired in order to preempt a scandal involving a gay escort. If true, it will be another case of bloggers leading the traditional press around by the nose. The story broke at Big Head DC (a blog) while Hustler Magazine and Fox News could only hint that “a bombshell” was coming in “a week or two.”
We have a saying around the office — if you want to know what will be on the TV news day after tomorrow, check your rss newsreader today.
If the story proves to be false, it will tar bloggers yet once again as not doing their “fact checking.” My hope is on the former scenario. The latter is a tired old excuse that is largely without merit IMHO.



