Because you are not getting the story

That ACORN would tend to lean hard left is hardly a state secret, Ms. Hollis. This is kind of like reporting that a bear took a dump in the woods.

The difference between cyberspace and old media is that in the latter, every word matters. This is why print is dying: people used to have to trust the reporters and editors and now, their on-line competitors have shown us that this trust has been misplaced. To paraphrase Mark Twain, to buy a newspaper is to pay someone to lie to you.

If I were an editor at the Gray Lady, I'd blow that "story" off, too. But in cyberspace, it's a rabbit hole you can afford to go down, should you care to. Don't look for a conspiracy behind every rock; it makes you sound like a crank.

The unrest in Iran has created even another paradigm shift. Now, we can get the raw data, and serve as our own reporters and editors.