1)To subject the public record of an individual to close and unremitting internet scrutiny to uncover unethical or
illegal behavior.
2)When cyberspace reporters
scoop mainstream media.
SusanG initiated in the kossospherean investigation of the public record of a White House-credentialed reporter and found that "Jeff Gannon" was "James D. Guckert", a treasonous fake reporter who helped expose an undercover CIA agent while getting White House press credentials with a fake
name to lob softballs at Bush and McClellan, registered website names dealing with
gay prostitution while writing stories advancing the Right's
anti-gay agenda, and when he cowardly quit, purged all his stories from the sites in which they lived.