re: I dont know if i should laugh or cry

I think Hamm handled this poorly. Particularly in letting the speculation run rampant in the original thread. But if someone actually did pick Speedy out of a police lineup or picture book, as is what appears to be alleged, that's news. He went with it too early, without getting the whole story, but I seriously doubt it was a story he WANTED to cover. We're not talking about the normal press, which takes an adversarial position or watchdog (or flatters itself as such). Hamm's business model rewards good news, not bad.

Hamm should have done more checking, and let the story develop more, but if things were already leaking on the Geaux247 side, it's not completely incomprehensible that he could feel the need to say something about the story. Unfortunately, the way he chose to address the issue was very poor, but there was no malice or ill will.