<Some member of the media elite published Moran. That's why we're having this conversation.

I got the first news of Moran off the Drudge Report, which is not only NOT "media elite," but is actively hated by them. Typically people like Drudge break a story, and the rest of the media eventually plays catch-up.

I caught the audio tape feed off talk radio. The reference I gave above was from the New York Daily News, which I'm not sure is exactly the "media elite." I found another good reference at Firehouse.com as well. Browsing the rest of this site is recommended.

The mainstream, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times and others have, as far as I have been able to find, not mentioned him, although I did a detailed search only of the New York Times website, as it should have been the most likely source.

They certainly spiked the "Hillary being booed" story so hard that some editors are probably still trying to pull their hand off the metal spike.

As for patronage, it's worth knowing that "alternative" news sources are growing by leaps and bounds, while the mainstream news operations are losing ratings and business.