4/28/13: WHY THE MEDIA AND THE PEOPLE THEY INTERVIEW ARE MOCKED SO OFTEN. In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, we have been inundated with comments and quips from those seeking nothing more than to pump up their image and get in front of the cameras. The fact they're using second hand rumor and gossip as "fact" is something the media can't stop. But what is controllable here is using these frauds as "expert" commentators or as part of a panel discussion. Doing this gives them a measure of credence. Their image is already suspect, but the networks and stations thus stain their own image by using them. The alleged analyst is already a joke, but there used to be a time when TV news networks did everything they could to avoid being connected in any way with their ilk. Would that we could return to that time, the image of broadcast news might just be much better than it is today.