Rawstory: ABC Returns Fire vs. Drudge Claim

[blitzen]

http://rawstory.com/

...developing



Drudge's claim is irrelevant anyway...Even if some of the pages were pulling Foley's leg rather than their own puds, Foley himself was still pulling his pud

[Kagemusha]

1. Wait, you're saying... a network is responding to Drudge in real time?

Does that have any precedent in the modern media?

About darn time, IMHO, but for years I'd heard so much whining about how the traditional media is way behind the Internet, i.e. behind Matt Drudge... now they're part of the Internet too, and responding to a low blow with a blow of their own. This is new, isn't it?

[Shipwack]

2. An old saying updated...

Never pick a fight with a company that buys bandwidth by the terrabyte...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. ABC was comparing Drudge to Cronkite a couple of days ago.

Looks like there's a power struggle at ABC and the good guys are winning.

[Kagemusha]

6. Drudge? As Cronkite?... !!!!????

Someone over at ABC is on some really good stuff.

Edit: Was gonna say, not Olbermann?.. but he's compared to er, Murrow, not Cronkite.

[cwydro]

3. I hope SOMEBODY

is responding!

[blogslut]

5. more at the link

Sources inside ABC News tell RAW STORY that evidence of widespread misconduct by Foley is overwhelming and rules out the possibility that the entire scandal is based on a prank or a sting.

“This couldn't be a prank," one high-placed insider said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the story. "Everything I've seen indicates that it can't be. Clearly there's been an effort on the part of this gentleman and another blogger...to come back at us.”

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Amid_questions_ABC_says_messages_couldnt_1005.html

[NashVegas]

7. So ... What Happened In San Diego?

But instant messages obtained by ABC News do reveal that Congressman Foley met with an underage page in San Diego, a meeting which they spoke about in an instant message exchange from April, 2003.

Maf54: I miss you lots since san diego.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/instant_message.html

[NashVegas]

8. ABC STORY HERE ON DU ALREADY

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2323928