Wait a Few Days, You'll Hear About It

Because no newspaper or network has breathed a word yet. As always, "Authorized Journalists" need to "legitimize" the report first, not that the corroborating links don't already do that.

Besides, if he wasn't already doing the Lord's work, how else would we ever notice all those screaming headlines about Brian Williams, or learn that Rosie O'Donnell is exiting "The View"?

The guy was useless in Fast and Furious, too, until "real reporters" got involved.  How much information preceded that and has still never been noticed outside of a niche readership again?

It may seem like I'm just bitching for self-serving reasons, and guilty as charged, but the bottom line is this allows the narrative to be controlled by those who would control everything else. And as per standard Bizarro World practice, the illusion of a masses-reaching "maverick" serves that purpose well.