rumorcheck and the echo chamber

Just so we can get some kind of head-exploding feedback situation going here, I'm pimping Destiny's pimping of msteger's pimping of "Bill's" new site.

Although I frequently disagree with Mr. McCalpin, I generally find his presentation civil and substantive. He's a smart guy and knows his way around a keyboard. Do I worry he may be, effectively or actually, a mouthpiece for the established powers? Sure. I'm not completely gullible.

I think a factcheck.org-style site for local issues would be a great thing, and I think Bill alludes to that on the site and with the rumorcheck domain. Will rumorcheck really follow up on leads no matter where they go? Or will it be a PR tool (effectively or by design) for COR? I hope for the former and have had my heart broken enough times that I would not be greatly surprised at the latter.

You know, if the DMN would do some fuh-reaking investigative journalism rumorcheck.org would simply be unnecessary. It will be interesting to see what Bill does with the site. I hope for the best.

[see the later comments -- my 12:30pm comment needed correction]