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News orgs that do full diligence and research do not get to break the story first. In the competitive landscape, speed to publish has a massive impact on what g

News orgs that do full diligence and research do not get to break the story first. In the competitive landscape, speed to publish has a massive impact on what gets reported and how. After all, an article can be "updated" later ... or not. If it's a big enough change to the story, well then that's just a brand-new story, and you heard it here first, folks! Now a word from our sponsor ...

mikeash 13y ago
And thus I could understand (even if still think it was terrible) if one place had gotten ahold of this story and run with it. But it's been floating around for days now. Everybody is reporting on it, over and over again.