Another in a series of citizen journalism guru Dan Gillmor's columns for the BBC. He doesn't like differentiating between citizen contributor, citizen witness, citizen journalist and professional journalist. I do.

Tongues are wagging and rumours are swirling over the allegations surrounding the case of a freelance reporter who allegedly tried to extort money from a California billionaire in order to keep said billionaire's name out of the notorious Page Six gossip column in the New York Post.

The blurb for an NYT analysis:

The accusation that President Bush authorized a leak comes at an awkward time for the administration.

Masters of understatement, those NYT blurb writers! :)