Steve Johnson is not about to let the blogosphere receive any undue credit — this man has made it his mission, that's for sure.

The Chicago Tribuneon is out reminding readers all this business over James Frey faking his way through his memoir A Million Little Pieces began not in realm of teen diaries and suicide prep sites but in that sick sad world called the mainstream media. MSM, for the ADHD-addled.

Yes, it was The Smoking Gun who broke the story. TSG, of course, is owned by CourtTV, and is not exactly a blog. CourtTV, of course, is owned by Time Warner (in partnership with Liberty Media). Lest you need a reminder, Time Warner is not, by any means, part of the blogosphere despite its BlogZone attempts.

Certainly we aren't so immersed in this media bubble that we don't realize the average American might not be privy to this information. But the average American that actually gives a shit where his information is coming so much so that he read any report that blogs broke the story? Yeah, he could probably figure out as much.

Now raise your hand if you didn't know TSG was run by CourtTV. Don't everyone respond at once, now.

So Johnson's big reveal? About as moot as reporting Jossip is bankrolled by two outrageously wealthy royals in the United Arab Emirates.

The real story behind site that fried Frey [Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune]
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