I've wondered about that myself. Up until the last two years, it seemed like there was a symbiotic relationship between mainstream news outlets and bloggers whe

I've wondered about that myself. Up until the last two years, it seemed like there was a symbiotic relationship between mainstream news outlets and bloggers where the old line media provided the facts (and a fair helping of bias) and the new line media commented upon, fact-checked and elaborated and recontextualized. About two years ago it seemed like the balance tipped and all of a sudden the old line media was reduced to verifying and validating stories that were already out there in a big way. I do know that there are blogs that do original reporting but it seems like there exists a place for an organization that is trusted to check out the ground truth of some of the more speculative stories. I don't want to live in a media world where it is impossible to tell if an article of financial news is a scandalous revelation or was just made up by someone who thinks that the elders of zion meet under a tree on wall street.