Thom:

The process story is a staple of most of the MSM and it is the classic tactic to spread the original slander without having to claim authorship or expose oneself to accusations of partisinship. Most of these stories start of with a recap of the original story, often without the explanation that many of the key accusations have been debunked or are questionable at best. This allows the pundit to spread the rumour without doing the real reporting job of verifying the accurracy of the story or debunking the story. the print press has been corrupted by the TV punditry sideline that sells more of their books and gives them more fame. They get more positive reaction from the process stories then their real job of reporting the facts. It also gives them them the illusion of gravitas when all they are doing is dime store gossip.