I was dead wrong. A…

I was dead wrong. Alexandra Polier, the intern that a Wesley Clarke aide, and later the Drudge Report, said had had an affair of some sort with John Kerry gives the step-by-step description of what she went through during the whole media handling of the story. While Drudge certainly took front and center when he posted the story, blame doesn’t lay with him alone by any means. The article hits both new and old media (and some friends of Alexandra’s) that all share culpability.

And in some small way it rubs off on me, since I wasn’t entirely skeptical enough. I did, however, take her word for it when she denied it, so I hope that counts for something.

I apologize to both Polier and Kerry. I jumped the gun and got slapped back fair and square. I suppose that’s easy for me, a miniscule voice in the blogosphere, but I think it’s worth saying anyway.

UPDATE: Tim Blair is joining me in this.

Filed under: Uncategorized

Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!