In the Bush years, Freepers called out Thompson on a story about Bush. I don't remember the details, but Thompson realized he'd been conned by his source of many years. He was man enough to admit it.
He started that site in 1994. Mosaic had just been released. Those were heady years when we wee knee-deep in Whitewater. Doug set the bar for what was later to come.
I think that was the story about Bush supposedly referring to the Constitution as “just a goddamned piece of paper.” I don’t recall the details either, but also remember something about him getting lied to by a long-time (and previously reliable) source.