"But it’s no surprise that the McGee story spread rapidly Sunday, over the Internet and via social media," writes Kevin Richert/Idaho Statesman in his blog. "It’s a different world from 1992, when then-Lt. Gov. Butch Otter was arrested on a drunken-driving charge. Convicted a year later, Otter has never lost an election since — for lieutenant governor, for 1st District Congress and, most recently, for governor. Otter’s arrest was big news, rich with its own elements of weirdness, but it didn’t receive the instantaneous rocket propulsion provided by the Internet." More here (2nd item). (AP file photo: John McGee police mug shot)

Question: Are we as news consumers better served by the immediacy of news and the social media today? Or would you prefer that the clock was rolled back to times before every misstep by politicians was magnified?