Although there may be bad things going on by some bad people (tm stakeout), Gateway Pundit is not a reputable source. One of five or six sites that look like controlled gatekeepers used by conservatives, and much like Drudge turned out to be (and maybe the owners are even sleeping together).
Gateway is run by a drama queen. Although my blood turned cold when I saw the pictures of the owner marrying a young boy from oversees (and which other stories make real clear met before he turned 18), I was already well aware the site was copying articles and research from the internet without attribution, changing and manipulating key facts, and censoring their comment section for the same reason. Much like WND (which is owned by a cultist who believes everyone should follow old testament law, and worship in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, and who has twice said in editorials he is a former? communist). I'm aware of it because besides others, it happened to me on both sites with different stories.
They exist only to manipulate and steer others by misinformation, censorship and noise.
Conservatives, and libertarians should be careful of the news sources they use, and have their own. Benjamin Franklin had his own chain of newspapers - it's that important for a movement to actual have their own news media.