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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> http://www.drudgereport.com/nbcw.htm
>
> Funny how THIS story is being ignored. Well, there's really nothing funny
> about it.

I am disgusted with newspapers and television news groups that posture 
as  reliable news reporting sources but have lowered their standards to the 
point of irresponsible entertainment. It's one thing to offer cheap 
entertainment as long as that is made obvious. But to report serious 
matters without proof is borderline criminal.

This is not a political party gambit, although both sides are quick to 
seize on any opportunity, no matter how sleazy or opportunistic. This is 
about news organizations whose standards have dropped below the acceptable 
level. News organizations have always gone for the scoop. Now they go for 
the quick and the cheap. There should be criminal malfeasance charges in 
some of these cases.

Not that the triggering story here is to be believed or disbelieved. The 
NBC version may be the truth or it may simply be their version of a gotcha 
scoop. All was fair in love and war. We must now include politics and news.