“Emailgate” seems to be going the way of “Monicagate”: A long period of the media pushing the “scandal” with half-truths and outright lies to boost sales, followed by the letdown when the official investigation winds up going nowhere and the anticipated legal doomsday fails to happen. The Gray Lady is acting in the way of all yellow journalism: Leading with utter bullshit and then “correcting the record” long after the damage is done.