This article also shows just where we (non-journalists) stand on the food chain compared to those with direct access to the mass media machines. We are nothing.

This article also shows just where we (non-journalists) stand on the food chain compared to those with direct access to the mass media machines. We are nothing. There is no mechanism whereby a blogger can force an establishment journalist to give credit where credit is due. The legal system will not help you. Sue, and you will be fought vigorously, and exhaust whatever meager savings you might have on legal fees - with no guarantee of a win. They have the real power and they know it. If you, an outsider, have some insight which the mainstream press considers valuable (a great rarity!), it will be stolen and attributed to a "respectable" figure. And there won't be a thing you can do about it.