PlainsAspie wrote:
That was a CNN iReport, which anyone can make. It's the wikipedia of CNN....
Not quite. Every CNN iReport is quickly verified (at least for such things as libel and glaring errors) by CNN editors. The report in question was deleted until it could be verified to the satisfaction of its editors, then republished as it is now.
PlainsAspie wrote:
I don't think examiner.com is even affiliated with that. It is tabloid-level info, though.
Like HuffingtonPost.com, Examiner.com encourages citizen editors to provide its online news and commentary. Its readership is 20 million strong. Several of its editors have reported news that ended up provoking governmental investigations (see the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal). While many or even most Examine.com editors might publish light-hearted human-interest reports, its semi-professional editors are at least as good as government-approved mainstream media.
Jon Rappoport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Rappoport is publishing updates to his related reports. He has written for
CBS Healthwatch,
Spin,
Stern and
LA Weekly, and hosted his own weekly radio show on the Progressive Radio Network.