Reply #27: Here's an interesting take from The Capitol Hill Blue blog...

[Fleshdancer]

Discussing the article written by Kurtz...

FYI, I'm not really all that familiar with Capital Hill Blue so let me know if they're credible or not.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/05/who_do_you_trust.html

We also called sources who have provided accurate inside information on Fitzgerald's investigation in the past but not one could (or would) confirm the Truthout story. We talked to reporters who said their editors ordered them to check out Leopold's story and found most were reluctant to chase the story.

"There was nothing there," one said. "I knew that before I checked."

Assumption is a reporter's curse. Assuming a story is or is not true leads to sloppy reporting, inconsistent fact checking and mistakes. What we still don't know at this point is whether or not the sloppiness was Leopold's or the reporters who half-heartedly tried to check out his story or both.