A Simple Stunt Reveals How Blogs Will Print Anything for Pageviews

Very interesting read. Definitely paints an interesting story about sensationalist "news" story like Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack.

Here's a good quote:

"Gen. Smedley Butler defined a racket as something that 'is not what it seems to the majority of the people,' where only a small group of insiders know what’s really going on and they operate for the benefit of a few and expense of basically everyone else.

It’s become clear to me that this is the only definition of the online-driven media system of today: a racket."

This is not limited to blogs. Most news outlets do the same.