I suspect that nothing illustrates the dissolution of the elite media that the fact that its now routine for the blogosphere to scoop the 'big boys'. In fact, I can't think of a single major story that was broken by broadcast or cable news in the past year.
While the morning shows are bumping "the end of the world" for tidbits about Tiger Wood's affairs, they are in fact missing a much, much, bigger story. No worries though--the blogosphere will fill you in.
The biggest misconception about the Tiger cheating scandal is that Rachel Uchitel and Kalika Moquin, two of the first three women named by the tabloids, were his full-time lovers. They may have been at some point (especially Rachel, some say on numerous occasions) but that was not their primary function. No, Uchitel's main job was to provide women for Tiger during his globetrotting excursions to various tournaments, charity functions and f__k-and-run private-jet weekends with his Fortune 500 party pals that he seemed to enjoy so much. Kalika Moquin? Many Las Vegas insiders doubt that she ever slept with Tiger. But she did set him up with some sweet VIP service at The Bank or at Bare like any good hostess would: a roomful of available girls with a certain look that Tiger wanted, flown in just for the occasion. This is the world of high-end nightclub VIP treatment, where velvet ropes guard comfy, cloistered areas with leathery couches and bottles of Grey Goose, everything catered to the wishes of the much sought-after professional athlete clientele. And, yes, sports fans, that means loading their velvet-roped stable with fake-boobied ponies to f__k. "The fact that people don't understand that these affairs are well-orchestrated is pretty naive," says one VIP concierge who has worked with Uchitel (we'll call him "Serge" for the sake of not always having to say "VIP Concierge Number 1" when using his quotes). "Rachel Uchitel works for Tiger the minute he gets off the plane wherever he is: from dinner, to photos, to nightclubs, to drugs, to girls — whatever he wants."
That might explain why Rachel Uchitel first denied an affair (almost certainly true), and the admitted to one (almost certainly false). As a professional "event planner", Woods isn't her only client. Better to take one for the team than become the next Heidi Fleiss, especially when it completely legal and there is this much money involved.
...she's probably on retainer for about 10-15k per month to handle all his dirty business, and the tips for successful Tiger poontang-wrangling (among other things) could net her upwards of 50k in tips
That doesn't include what nightclubs kick back to her for bringing in Woods and his entourage. Its a great business and it all depends on her keeping her mouth shut.
The irony here is that its virtually impossible for members of the media, particularly the sports media, not to know what's going on. Once again, the people paid to "give you the news" actually make their living making sure you never know what's really going on.
Blogging on the other hand, rarely involved direct contact with the perps. Following the Drudge model, bloggers get their news second hand from first hand observers---the abused servant class, what used to be called "a reliable source".
That's how we got the climate priesthood's emails and just about every other juicy piece of information about what's really going on--overlooked little people just disgusted by the antics of moral retards with too much money and power.
