Posted on Oct 31, 2011 Updated on Jun 3, 2021, 1:48 am CDT
Hours after GOP frontrunner Herman Cain denied any knowledge of a payoff given to one or more staffers at the National Restaurant Association, NBC’s Chuck Todd reported that he confirmed through independent sources that a pay-off did in fact occur. Naturally, Twitter passed the news along with both incredible speed and a healthy dose of commentary.
Grant Robertson is a software engineer and product manager, but he started his career at the Daily Dot as a senior editor focused on data-driven journalism. He previously served as an editor for Download Squad and AOL's Digital Music Weblog.