ABC Explanation For Name Leak Doesn't Add Up
October 5th, 2006 2:02 PM
ABC News has just released this statement explaining how blogger Wild Bill of Passionate America was able to learn the real screen name of Mark Foley's Instant Message correspondent:On Friday, ABC News published instant messages between a former page and Congressman Foley with the IM screen name of the teenage victim redacted. Immediately, we discovered that in one instance, the screen name of…
Obscure Blogger Who Broke Foley Story Refuses to Talk to Media
October 5th, 2006 1:17 PM
One aspect of the Mark Foley scandal that hasn't gotten a lot of coverage is how the story even became one at all. The first public source of the story was an obscure blog called Stop Sex Predators which seemingly was started with the express intent of outing the GOP congressman's sex life.How did such a small blog with no readership manage to score such a scoop? Its owner refuses to say. He/she…
WaPo Shocker: Huge Difference in Handling of Democrat and Republican S
October 3rd, 2006 12:43 PM
When I first saw this article this morning, I asked my daughter to pinch me. But, it was still there. I then asked her to slap me. No change. Finally, smelling salts. Alas, it was still on my computer screen, and from the Washington Post no less: “The Redder They Are, The Harder They Fall; Republicans More Damaged by Scandals.”Better prepare yourselves for an alternate reality, folks, because…
