[okie01]

Wilson didn't put that little detail about Cheney in his "columnful of lies" for no reason.

By the same token, Kristof and Pincus didn't make up the connection between their anonymous source and the Vice President out of pixie dust. It was planted there by the "anonymous source" -- who took pains not to correct the misrepresentation once it was published.

[syriacus]

t was planted there by the "anonymous source" -- who took pains not to correct the misrepresentation once it was published.

Rumors have a life cycle of their own.