There is an important issue here other than what morons people from Georgia are. Though I do like Chris Toole. Down here in Dumbutt, Texas everyone knows more than enough Chris Tooles. In fact most Texas natives are related to a Chris Toole.
The number of organizations and people doing actual reporting is shrinking as newspapers and magazines go under. Getting the story is being consolidated into fewer and fewer large organizations. Much of which is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Even the premier newspaper in America, The New York Times is guilty.