http://www.pghcitypaper.com/SlagHeap/archives/2010/02/16/i-just-dont-know-who-to-trust-anymore Comments On: I just don't know who to trust anymore by Chris Potter en-us Copyright 2013 Pittsburgh City Paper. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Pittsburgh City Paper readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Pittsburgh City Paper. carlo@steelcitymedia.com (Pittsburgh City Paper Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Speaking of all this, WTAE's Bob Mayo takes up this question at his blog:

http://thebusmansholiday.blogspot.com/2010/02/reporting-in-burghosphere-2010.html

Bob's take is that reporters are often asked questions by their readers/viewers/listeners, and Mayo treats queries from bloggers the same way he does from anybody else.
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That's a well established trend at the national level, and in recent political history dates back before blogs, to tabloids like the Enquirer. Then the press does the "o, those darn tabloid rumors!" stories, which allow them to condemn the story at the same time they discuss it.
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