--- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > Drudge is kinda the anti-Josh Micah Marshall > > > > http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com > > Who had this to report about the Drudge story: > > http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001739.php > > Earlier today, the Drudge Report published a story claiming that one > batch of lewd IM transcripts published by ABC News were the result of > a "prank" by a former House page. The former page, Drudge said, > "goaded Foley to type embarrassing comments," which he shared with > friends. > > The story did not quote the young man, or say whether any attempt had > been made to contact him or his lawyer. > > Now, the lawyer for the former page in question, 21-year-old Jordan > Edmund, says the Drudge Report article is false. Calling the story "a > piece of fiction," Stephen Jones told the Daily Oklahoman that "there > is not any aspect of this matter that is a practical joke nor should > anyone treat it that way." > > This afternoon, ABC News published news of three more former pages who > had sexual online conversations with Foley similar to Edmund's. >
Drudge is a hit or miss...that's what makes him different: he is not stifled from publishing gossip the way, say, the New York Times is. On first blush, he'll blast whatever he has heard. So, this was a miss. The story that put him on the map was the Monica Lewinsky story. Newsweek was the first to have it and was about to go with it but held back because they wanted more confirmation from more sources before going to press with it. Drudge didn't need that extra confirmation, published it on his website, and the rest is history. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
