The Get

Headline: gas line gets ruptured.
Headline: motorcyclist gets injured.
Headline: team gets beaten in overtime.
Headline: tourist gets robbed in parking lot of casino.
Headline: murder trial gets started

Correction: gas line ruptures.
Correction: motorcyclist is injured.
Correction: team loses in overtime.
Correction: tourist is robbed in casino parking lot.
Correction: murder trial starts

"It's a great get" means, in slangspeech, that the papparrazi was in the right place at the right time to take a photograph that, when published, will provide financial reward and augment the photographer's reputation with his/her peers.

"A great get" means that a talk show host secures an interview with a top name in any of several fields that result in top TV ratings, such as Oprah, the President, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston.

"Get" means the same as the word "fetch" when teaching a dog to retrieve, as in "get the ball" or "fetch the ball." "Get" also gives direction to a child who is required to go to a place and retrieve something for a parent, as in go get your toys and then put them into the toy box.

"I get it" means that I finally understand the point you are making, although I may have seemed a bit dense when you began the blog.