Joker says: "Are reporters even necessary? This story proves we have lots of little news gatherers out there in cyberspace and they work for FREE.

Sure they have unconventional names and they mix in their opinion with what happened, but news is a conversation (shameless stolen from the departed Steve Smith). The Spokesman-Review should terminate every single reporter and let the bloggers tell us what's going on the world.

Reporters, like the VCR, are no longer useful or necessary."

I'm hoping this was written in that special invisible sarcasm font, but maybe not. What do you think-- are reporters no longer useful or necessary?

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