That is the ugliest outfit I have ever seen.
Letter from New York Times.
HELLO DAMAGE CONTROL BIG TIME:
Dear Dr. XXXXXXXXX
Thanks for giving us a chance to reply to the account on the Drudge Report.
As is often the case, the Drudge Report is wrong, overwrought and a gross misrepresentation of what has happened.
Like all major news organizations, we report extensively on the life and career of any nominee or candidate for high public office. Most of the inquiries we make do not result in published articles at all; we would simply be remiss if we did not ask the questions.
In the case of Judge Roberts's family, our reporters made initial inquiries about the adoptions, as they did about many other aspects of his background. They did so with great care, understanding the sensitivity of the issue. We did not order up an investigation of the adoptions. We have not pursued the issue after the initial inquiries, which detected nothing irregular about the adoptions.
Sincerely, Bill Borders, senior editor