SmokingGun teaches a media lesson

Without pointing any fingers, Bastone of SmokeGun fame succinctly spelled the difference between his Internet news service and the journalists who covet handouts and newsmakers' self-serving press releases.
Newspaper, magazine and television outlets often reprint out-of-date news and information about celebrities or else they publish outright inaccuracies -- largely because they're lazy. SmokingGun, on the other hand, does its legwork, scours court documents and its reward is consistently coming up with indisputable facts, not mere speculation.
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