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The Kerry Affairy Rumor
Cavallo Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 01-05-2004
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just read an interesting take on this whole thing. i occasionally peruse this site for off-beat, quirky features (not "hard news") and found this in today's edition in the Chatterbox section.

it's called "Selling Sleaze: A User's Guide -- Ten ways to rationalize the publication of infidelity rumors."

http://slate.msn.com/id/2095441/
Cavallo Offline
#2 Posted:
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an interesting "oopsy!" moment from the conservative Opinion Journal:

yesterday they said, "Matt Drudge once said his material is only 80% accurate, so there's a chance this is part of the other 20%. On the other hand, the last time Drudge broke a story like this, it not only turned out to be true but led to the only impeachment of a president during the 20th century."

today they say, "Apparently Drudge did not describe his work as 80% accurate, as we said yesterday; in a 1998 National Press Club speech, he said he had described his predictions as 80% reliable and a journalist misconstrued his remark."

any idea how accurate, as a whole, drudge's stuff actually IS? or is there just the one big story that he managed to get right?

(seriously -- i'm no expert on the man's site; i'm genuinely curious).
JonR Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 02-19-2002
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Never heard about the " Kerry Affairy Rumor ". Was Kerry trying to lay Tinkerbelle too ? LOL JonR
Cavallo Offline
#4 Posted:
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lol -- doh! that didn't even occur to me until you pointed that out, jon. that'll teach me to try to get jiggy with a subject header! :o
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#5 Posted:
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040216/D80OIHSO1.html
barrycro Offline
#6 Posted:
Joined: 02-15-2004
Posts: 19
just heard on the local news... the girl kerry allegedly had the affair with denied any relationship with kerry at all. in fact her parents are both kerry supporters.
JonR Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 02-19-2002
Posts: 9,740
Hmmmm can you say cover-up, hmmmmm. JonR
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