Where are we going?, part II

Jim Gerahty at TKS responds to yesterday's post via email. He raises a couple of important points related to the whole issue of bloggers motivations in chasing down Eason Jordan on this:

"I'm starting to think some bloggers
A) want to "get" Jordan the way it was widely perceived that the blogs "got" Dan Rather and
B) use this event to promote their blog and get mainstream media appearances, writing gigs, etc. "

Simply put, I agree. Here, he lays out the most-honest approach the blogs need to take in this:

"All of this is putting the cart before the horse. Job one is: Just what did Jordan say?"

Points A and B above are not ends in and of themselves; they are by-products of the pursuit of the truth. The LGF's, Powerline's and others who chased down the truth of the forged doc's at CBS gained notoriety not because they pursued it, but because they diligently chased the truth at the heart of the story.

Likewise with Jordan, bloggers who hunt down the truth and best explain it will see their just rewards. Those who seek the notoriety first only do themselves and the blogosphere in general a big disservice.