Oh c'mon. The Metro Times has been the major weekly in the Detroit area for, what, more than 25 years now? It breaks at least as many local stories as the Free Press and the News, and its editor is someone who was a lead entertainment writer for the Free Press for 15+ years and is extremely well known on the local newspaper and entertainment scene. It's at least the third most widely read publication in Detroit. And you mean to tell me seriously the LeDuff wouldn't know about it?

And DetroitBlog has been the major blog telling the stories of Detroit since basically the dawn of the blogging era, and is widely read and respected in this area and by those interested in our area. How do you think Detroitblog John got his Metro Times gig?

LeDuff wouldn't have even known about the raccoon guy, let alone have written about him, if it hadn't been for John's work. It truly strains credulity to believe or maintain otherwise. The fact that Charlie didn't deign to even give a credit line only adds insult to the injury.