Pagegate

Todd Epp has an excellent and thoughtful piece regarding Pagegate.  Apparently some bloggers and reporters took issue with other bloggers--namely SDWC, but I assume this includes anyone who spoke against the South Dakota MSM, including SDP, Chad Schult, and Epp--criticizing the coverage and for sitting on the information.  Behold, once again, the power of the blogosphere.  It was a blogger, SDWC, that broke the story regarding Dan Sutton and the Argus Leader was left to play catch-up.

UPDATE:  This is especially damning:

A high school age page made a serious charge against a sitting state senator.  The press knew about it but sat on it.  Meanwhile, the same newspaper that sat on the Dan Sutton charge had no problem breaking the Bill Sahr "scandal" without any evidence of a formal investigation or even a hint of what the charges were or who was making them.

Recall again that Epp noted earlier in the week the Argus had no problem tanking Republican Bob Sahr, but sat on the information about Democrat Dan Sutton.