WBAL Exclusive -- New Information About Who Was Talking About "The Rumor" And When

WBAL RADIO ^ | May 18, 2005 | WBAL Radio

[blogblogginaway]

Five years ago, Catherine Curran “Katie” O’Malley, the wife of Baltimore’s mayor, was discussing rumors of an affair with a newspaper reporter.

On March 10, 2000, the Washington Post ran an article on the front page of its Style section, headlined “Charm City’s Mr. Charming; Mayor O’Malley Cheers Baltimore On”

The Post reported the following exchange:

Katie O'Malley found it "demeaning" to see herself in print as "the pretty wife," but her husband can't seem to help himself from crowing over her. "I am the luckiest guy," says O'Malley, and his slate-blue eyes glint.

"Well, I'm glad he feels that way," says his wife, by telephone a few days later. "It helps offset the rumors."

Rumors? What rumors?

"That he's running around on me. That he's been running around on me for years," she says.

Who says this? "Oh, I don't know," says the mayor's wife. "Opponents, I guess, from when he was a councilman."

Pause. The reporter offers that the mayor seems like he wouldn't have the time. "That's exactly what Martin always says," says the mayor's wife, who is also a crack prosecutor who would never say something in open court if she didn't want it out there.

[blogblogginaway]

My my my. Will Mayor O'Malley demand his wife be investigated for spreading infidelity rumors?

[RebelBanker]

Here is the article I FReepmailed you about earlier.

[lionheart 247365]

MD4BUSH ..... come out !!!

[TheForceOfOne]

I was commenting about this on another thread but I couldn't find that interview with her. Chip Franklin says Ron Smith will have new information on his 3pm show today.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[ConservativeMan55]

ping

[TheForceOfOne]

You pinged MD4BUSH too! LOL!

That's funny!

[af_vet_1981]

And who was the reporter in that story five years ago ?

[TheForceOfOne]

Ann Gerhart

[af_vet_1981]

Nothing political about Ann Gerhart ...

[Lazamataz]

Thank G-d this is in Breaking News.

[af_vet_1981]

One of her more memorable quotes ...

The Times also interviewed Ann Gerhart, who co-wrote The Reliable Source column at The Washington Post from 1995 to 1999: "The Internet and blogs have returned gossip to its earliest human roots -- the kind of gossip that the priests told you was a venal sin," said Ms. Gerhart. "You can make it up. You can speculate wildly. You can accuse people of the most taboo practices, all in this sort of merry way."

[af_vet_1981]

Photo and short bio

[Da Mav]

It's certainly over my head. Shouldn't it be in Breaking Gossip? What am I missing here. I admit my primary knowledge of Baltimore is that they have excellent crab in some of the waterfront restaurants.

[BullDog108]

Thank G-d this is in Breaking News.

LOL!

And where's the SIDEBAR POLICE when ya really need them?

[af_vet_1981]

More gossip from Ann Gerhart:

What does James Carville think about "the recent surmise in The Washington Post by Susan Carpenter-McMillian -- self-appointed defender of alleged presidential harassee Paula Corbin Jones -- that he 'must be great in bed' for radio talkster Mary Matalin to have married him" (Annie Groer and Ann Gerhart, The Reliable Source, The Washington Post, July 25, 1997).

He told Tim Russert (with CNBC) that "he'd gotten many calls saying he was 'the luckiest guy in the world' to have an adversary say 'how good you are in bed. ... I want to publicly thank her'" (Annie Groer and Ann Gerhart, The Reliable Source, The Washington Post, July 25, 1997).

[Mo1]

FYI ping

[blogblogginaway]

In case you missed it, this story was started because of postings on this site.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=md4bush

[af_vet_1981]

As sad as Gerhart is about leaving the Daily News, at least she won't have to leave her husband, Mike Sokolove, who is a general assignment reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Ann Gerhart came to WashCompPost after 11 years at the Daily News in Philadelphia and Howard Altman wrote the above story about her.

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!