Blogosphere Wins Again

Posted by: Bill of Right
on April 07, 2005 @ 08:25 PM EST

Mickey Kaus offers a well-thunk recap of the Republican Terri Schiavo memo flap which, mercifully, is nearing an end. In the end, this was a win for bloggers, because the process worked: the truth was exposed - little thanks to the original MSM report. Says Kaus:

The memo wasn't a fake. It wasn't merely freelance advice from a lobbyist (which was my guess at one point). But [WP reporter Mike] Allen doesn't come off looking too good in this latest account. a) The memo was apparently not "distributed to Republican Senators by party leaders," as Allen's initial story, sent out through the Post news service to other papers, reported. It was--at least judging from today's account--handed to one Democratic senator, Tom Harkin, by one freshman Republican senator (who isn't in the party leadership); b) Allen doesn't explain why he told Howie Kurtz he "did not call them talking points or a Republican memo" when he had in fact done just that in the news service draft; c) Even the later, more "carefully worded" account Allen published in the Post itself was apparently wrong... (Emphasis in original.)

Michelle Malkin's take is here.

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