Author = Eric Alterman = not credible
I bet the lefties turned a previously neutral event into a trap for Novak and he declined to be the meal.
Eric Alterman is one of the most snide and vicious twits the left has out there, so I doubt that Novack had any interest in appearing with an anus from The Nation in the first place. It was probably a set-up and Novack declined to be abused by such jerks. Anyone who can cite fanatical leftist I.F. Stone (KGB stooge, perhaps spy) as his "journalist mentor" as Alterman does has to have some loose screws anyway....
You missed one, Author=Eric Alterman + MurryMom = not credible