Edith Ann Reporting
Common Sense Junction links to an article at Tapscott's Copy Desk about more Lily Tomlin reporting (her little brat-girl character Edith Ann said, "I don't lie. I make up the truth."). The question is raised why the number MSM reporters caught in lies seems to be growing -- or a least failing to subside.
The answer is as simple as this: blogs. In years past, a reporter could write whatever the hell he/she wanted. At the worst the reporter would have to endure a few angry letters to the editor. Today there are literally millions of editors and fact-checkers and they are all connected via little wires.
Apparently some haven't gotten the memo that the gig is up. They still operate under the old ROE, marching out in straight lines wearing red tunics while the bloggers hide behind rocks and trees. The war is over the truth and they are losing.