This might be a little dated at this point, but I thought the story(http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/10322.html ) revolving around this (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755336096303089.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today) story was pretty interesting.
Essentially a reporter (Amy Chozick) asks a Yahoo! message board if Obama's thin figure might be off-putting, since Americans are apparently barely-mobile bags of seething, jealous adipose. Before everyone starts mocking Chozick, she manages to snag a couple of choice quotes ("Yes I think He is to skinny to be President.Hillary has a potbelly and chuckybutt I’d of Voted for Her.I won’t vote for any beanpole guy") and runs with it. Vigilant bloggers call her out, and now there's a minor correction at the bottom of the article.
The whole saga kind of sums up a lot of the problems people have with the journalism relating to this election cycle, and it shows the growing role bloggers seem to be having in news. Just something I thought was kind of neat.
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