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Attytood: Rookie Mistakes Plague the Politico (3/26/07) by Will Bunch
Finding little substance to "justify the heated headline" about how "Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama"—which was "highlighted on the Drudge Report no later than 18 minutes after it was filed" and constitutes "the latest effort from the new, right-wing narrative-boosting tag team of the Politico web site and Matt Drudge." Bunch is unsurprised, considering
the story of how, with the whole world watching, the Politico, in existence for less than three months, botched the Elizabeth Edwards cancer story and falsely reported—based on just one anonymous source—that her husband would be dropping out of the presidential race. Yep, that would be a doozy, and you could follow it up with the story—as so well related by Glenn Greenwald last week—of how the new Internet site wrongly reported that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would soon resign, or how the Politico also apologized for creating a right-wing talking point with the phrase "slow bleed" to describe the Democrats' Iraq strategy.
See also Salon: Drudge and the Politico—Poisonously Joined at the Hip (3/27/07) by Glenn Greenwald. Documenting how, after Politico's Mike Allen wrongly reported Gonzales would resign, the new hot site altered his story to cover up the blown call—"without indicating in any way that the story had been changed." (Ad-viewing required.)
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