Apparently, some Globe reporters have never heard of Google

The Globe has a story today about a real nice site where you can snitch on "rats," i.e., people you think are working as informants. The Globe doesn't identify the site, however:

The Globe is not naming the website because it is impossible to verify whether all the people listed there are informants, and because publicizing access to their identities could jeopardize their safety.

But the Globe does name the guy who set it up, so it took me all of 10 seconds to find the site on Google. Via Dan, who reports it took him maybe 30 seconds to do the same thing.

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You dirty rat

Michael doesn't understand why the Globe was so squeamish about posting the URL or name of that Web site for turning in snitches, in part because the Globe named the site a few months ago (

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