Category: john mccaslin

McCaslin's Memo on Mysterious Duplicate Mentions

We received this letter yesterday regarding the allegation that WT's gossipmonger John McCaslin lifted his item about liberal bleating at a screening of "The Killers" from a right-wing blog:

As sent to Fishbowl.....
Garrett, thanks (I think) for the pair of plugs. I liked the first item better. My source for the item in question, who was a member of the film audience, is obviously the contributor to the blog. What appeared in my column is what he sent to me -- in his own language -- after he had telephoned me while I was in California that same week. He obviously rewrote what he had written for the Libertas blog. I had never seen the blog item until you posted portions of its text next to my text. I would appreciate you making this clear in your next fishbowl.
Thank you, John McCaslin  

OK, there are two possibilities here [No More Mr. Nice Blog]
Happy Weekend Trails [FishbowlDC]
Lifting Material from the Blog World [Wonkette]

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Gossip Roundup: Biking Off Road and Off the Record

• Names & Faces: Bush's bike ride with Lance Armstrong tomorrow is an exclusive Discovery Channel event. . . Story by columnist John McCaslin is published in "Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul." [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: DNC files FOIA request about Roberts. [WT]
• Liz Smith: Clinton: "I think if there were a president in my party again, no matter who it was, and I was asked to do anything, I would do it. Anything!". . . Vernon Jordan is certain Hillary could be president. [NYP]
• Page Six: Giuliani is set to play softball in East Hampton with Carl Bernstein, Ken Auletta, and Alec Baldwin. [NYP]

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