One of the strengths of the blogosphere is that it allows all of us to raise issues and concerns that the MSM prefer to sweep under the rug. That's not to say that the blogosphere is always right. But the antidote to suspicion and rumor is not silence, but rather active repudiation, in which all the facts are laid out. Such full airing of the evidence doesn't appear to have happened in the case of MSNBC anchorman Joe Scarborough.
In fact, persistent rumors swirl around the death of one Lori Klausutis, who died in then-Cong. Scarborough's Florida district congressional office in 2001. The story of her death, and the suspicious circumstances surrounding her demise, have been around for a while--James Wolcott mentioned it in Vanity Fair in 2004--but they have never been resolved, such that the possibility of foul play has been eliminated. And now those suspicions have been revived, here.
It seems to me that Scarborough should address this question, preferably on the air, as well as online, so that all of us can assess the evidence. Until then, suspicions will continue to swirl.
Just as they continue to swirl around Keith Olbermann...
