The Blogging Journalist

Blogophile: Comedy Central Blog Broke Story on Rumsfeld's Resignation

This is first of I've heard of this story. "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's departure came as a surprise to many in Washington and in the media," writes Melissa P. McNamara over at Blogophile, a CBS News blog. "Perhaps that's because few reporters or politicians were reading Comedy Central's blog," she wrote in a November 15, 2006, post.

McNamara said, "The fake news site actually broke the real news of Rumsfeld's resignation on its blog at 12:15 a.m. on election night, a full news cycle ahead of the mainstream media."

To read more, see "Fake News Scoops Real News On Rummy.

TechCrunch's YouTube Scoop

The Motley Fool's  Jack Uldrich  notes in an article republished at MSNBC that, "When news broke that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and YouTube were in acquisition talks, it didn't come from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, or any of traditional media's other stalwarts. Instead, many people -- myself included -- got the story from TechCrunch, a popular blog dedicated to reporting the latest advances from the rapidly evolving world of what has been dubbed Web 2.0. "

To read how TechCrunch scooped the above-referenced publications, see "The Real YouTube Scoop."