The Iraqi newspaper al Sabah reported on Wednesday that nuclear-tipped missiles had been found in a hidden bunker.
Matt Drudge, of course, repeated the story in his usual breathless fashion.
The report was false, and was quickly discounted.
Matt Drudge has nothing further to say on the matter. Of course.
I finally figured Drudge out: he's the new Jeanne Dixon. He passes on every wild tale he hears (or rather, every wild tale that reflects badly on people who are on Drudge's enemies list), and when, once in a decade, he actually relays somethign that's actually true and newsworthy, he gets credit as a great investigative journalist.
He has standards, of course. Like the National Enquirer, he never actually makes stuff up himself. Someone else has to make the assertion first.
Which does at least put him on a higher level of journalistic integrity than, say, the Bush Views Channel.
Actually, I just checked: not only has Drudge not posted a retraction of his report that Elvis has found WMD, he's even deleted references to it from his web site. Tom Lehrer fans will appreciate *that* gesture.
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