Drubbed Drudge

Conason annihilates Drudge sludge peddling (note: Salon articles require either subscription or ad view for day pass):

"The comments attributed to me [Craig Crawford -- R.X.] are from a private email to television news associates based on conversations with Democratic campaign operatives. I did not consider any of it confirmed enough to report or publish. I can only verify that Chris Lehane's rivals in other Democratic campaigns made these claims and I have found no independent source to confirm it. Which is why we did not go with the story. But then someone sent my email to others, which is the only reason it got into the public domain." In other words, there is no proof that Lehane circulated the rumor, let alone that the rumor has any basis in reality.

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Journalists must ask themselves why the rumor of a private peccadillo deserves their attention and resources in the 2004 campaign. The press faces a more important issue: learning from its own failure to report the false rationale and abused intelligence that drove the nation to war.

Poor Sludge. I mean Drudge. Peddling sleaze used to be so much easier. A pity for him the left woke up.

Now, about those National Guard documents...

(/) Roland X
Back to the real scandals, 'kay?