Collecting scalps at what cost?

I'm torn on saying anything about this, but think the better part of valor requires me to speak up on this.

The Shirley Sherrod debate reminds me of Rush Limbaugh trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. For three days after the announcement reporters, news anchors, "legitimate" "journalists" brought up several Limbaugh quotes that painted him as a racist. For three days these "legitimate" people in the news — not pundits, not analysis, but news anchors, reporters, etc. — pressed on until the deal ...