Of course this is Drudge so take it with a few thousand grains of salt.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash7.htmMURDOCH 'SOURCE' OF ERRONEOUS NY POST VP STORY, PAPER DENIES
Thu Jul 08 2004 21:07:32 ET
When the NEW YORK POST tore up its front page on Monday night to trumpet an apparent exclusive that Rep. Dick Gephardt would be Sen. John Kerry's vice presidential running mate, the newspaper based its decision on a seemingly unimpeachable source: Rupert Murdoch, the man who controls the company that owns the POST!
Rival NY TIMES set to source the "Murdoch" source to a NY POST employee, who demanded anonymity, saying senior editors had warned that those who discuss the Gephardt gaffe with other news organizations would lose their jobs.