From Newsmax last May:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/5/19/114949.shtml
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:45 a.m. EDT
Kitty Kelley Penning 'Coup de Grace' for Bush Dynasty?
Richard Clarke, Bob Woodward and indefatigable privacy maven Joe Wilson have had their shot at torpedoing President Bush's re-election. Now it's Kitty Kelley's turn, with her book "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty" due out just after Labor Day.
Described by one media fan as "a fastidious fact-checker with an unrivaled knack for zingers such as stories of coathanger abortions," Kelley is said to have "Karl Rove's head swimming" with her latest screed.
Her last political hit piece, a 1991 bio of Nancy Reagan, purported to reveal a so-called affair with Frank Sinatra.
After the New York Times front-paged the improbable tale, Timeswoman Maureen Dowd defended her coverage thusly:
"Of course, the book is tawdry. Of course the book is, in some spots, loosely sourced and over the top. ... Of course, there are mistakes in it. ... The point, however, is that Kelley's portrait is not essentially untrue."
"The point, however, is that Kelley's portrait is not essentially untrue."
I remember this trash being on pg. 1 of the NY Times. I also remember their revelation of the name and "history" of the woman who accuesed William Kennedy Smith of rape, also the Time's never calling him anything but William Smith, as if he were just some average Joe. As if they'd've been covering his trial if that were the case.
They may want to blame Jayson Blair, but Blair was the result, not the cause, of their deep and irreversible decline.
Kelly is a "fly on the wall" in a boozy tavern along the deep caverns of her mind.