Reply #377: For the record, whether the story is true or fake is irrelevant

[Leopolds Ghost]

I have no stake in the success or failure of TruthOut as a media institution. The rest of us have no stake in the reputation of one or two people from a blog who happen to post here. It's their life and nobody's here to look up to someone and judge them on the quality of their scoops. This is not the Hotel Bar in some godforsaken warzone.

Karl Rove will either be indicted or he won't be indicted, simple as that. Remember, this is NOT whistleblower journalism! The only aspect of this controversy that might interfere with whether justice is done in the Fitzgerald investigation in any way, is if the controversy over a bad story becomes the story and people lose interest in the actual investigation.

If the Leopold story becomes a "tar baby", either because Leopold faked it or because Leopold mistakenly went with it, or because it was true but the facts of the matter will never be known, id does not matter because if y'all keep fighting amongst yourselves, then Karl Rove will have muddied the waters by watching the independent media create its own meta-story and forgetting about the real story, and then when Rove DOES get indicted it will be a foot-note. Classic campaign tactics.

the fact that all that matters is the actual investigation (which is merely a sideshow to the real scandals anyhow, and would not be so mportant if it weren't for the fact that an actual honest prosecutor is working on it).