They’re an old, disreputable story, from the early days of journalism where publishers competed in cutthroat fashion to the modern where most of the practitioners have certificates from like-minded liberal degree mills. Hence the reporting and commentary of the majority resembles an echo chamber.
The media (and political, let’s not forget) effort to lynch Rush Limbaugh because he dared consider investing in an NFL franchise is the latest case in point. One outfit after another snatched up scurrilous racist quotes to hang him with, and even when they were exposed as lies, implied that well, they could be true, and therefore…
Rare reader Veeshir contends it is such behavior that is killing newspapers and reducing the viewership of television operations like CNN and MSNBC. I tend to think it’s a business-model problem, but the Limbaugh lynch mob, and the fact that it takes a British newspaper to perform a dispassionate analysis of it is a strong argument for his point of view.
MORE from Instapundit. And this is one nice retraction and apology. Of course libel can be costly.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Yep. Not that I am a fan of RL, but this it outright dirty. And yes, it’s fingering the MSM quite precisely.
I used to be “not a fan of RL” until I actually listened to him a few times. He’s not objectionable unless you’re a PC multicultie with thin skin. I think most of the people who “hate” him have never actually heard him.