No, you slugs at the NYT. News of Hsu's past did not "begin to emerge." It was actively uncovered and exposed by Brody Mullins and Ianthe Dugan at the WSJ doing slogging, original research. The LA Times and San Francisco Chronicle added their own, along with bloggers like Flip Pidot who did more original research and followup, scouring municipal records and personally walked to the addresses Hsu claimed for his business.