Perhaps it is still true.

 

Perhaps it was privileged information that he was supposed to keep in confidence.

 

After all, he was the first to break the news that Blackmon had checked himself into rehab.

 

Could be that he has now upset the person in Blackmon's circle who used to be a good scoop.  Or, could be the scoop wasn't so good after all.  Either way, at least he's not throwing the scoop under the bus even if he's backed off the story.

 

I mean, really.  The way of today is that if you do or say something wrong, just ignore it and it goes away over time.  What difference does it make in the end?  It eventually dies out on its own as we find our next fix.

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