ABCNEWS TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF 'INDICTMENT' (White House source: ABC bluffing)

Drudge Report ^ | 25 OCT 05 | DCBRYAN1

[DCBryan1]

ABCNEWS TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF 'INDICTMENT' Tue Oct 25 2005 19:08:02 ET

"We have double sourced that the vice president's chief of staff has been indicted," a reporter for ABCNEWS claimed to a White House press spokesman this afternoon.

The White House refused to comment on the claim. The network said they didn't need comment, they were preparing to run with the development on this evening's network news broadcast, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

ABCNEWS claimed to the White House that it had double sourced how an indictment against vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis Libby was set.

A senior White House source quickly determined ABC was bluffing; the report did not run on the East coast feed of the program.

Developing...

UPDATE

ABC NEWS spokesman Jeff Schneider tells the DRUDGE REPORT: "There is nothing at all true about us having double sourced anything" regarding indictments.

More from Drudge:

CBS’ JOHN ROBERTS: Lawyers familiar with the case think Wednesday is when special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will make known his decision, and that there will be indictments. Supporters say Rove and the vice president’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby, are in legal jeopardy...

Another update from Drudge:

Indictments in CIA leak case ‘about to be handed down’

[Diddle E. Squat]

See Update: ABC NEWS spokesman Jeff Schneider tells the DRUDGE REPORT: "There is nothing at all true about us having double sourced anything" regarding indictments.

Leaker! Now you're going to get an indictment, too.

[clawrence3]

Sad, but true nowadays.

[SierraWasp]

"Karl Rove indicted for taking a leak on abc reporter"

"Can you triple source that!"

No, but I can tell ya that that ABC reporter is yella!!!

[Rodm]

Early Exit Polls show Gore winning by a landslide!!!


LOL

[NeoCaveman]

See Update: ABC NEWS spokesman Jeff Schneider tells the DRUDGE REPORT: "There is nothing at all true about us having double sourced anything" regarding indictments.

ABC news, we never double source anything.

Sounds like a good slogan.

[operation clinton cleanup]

She described Miller with a word that means open to powerful men. I just can't remember what that word is.

A Monica?

[lugsoul]

Tropism

[Howlin]

Maybe she has a trick pelvis?

[Obadiah]

ABC - A Communist front organization bent on spreading disinformation to the masses.

[Rudder]

She'll get porked?!?!??? Can you double-source that?

It began as an in-joke with another FReeper, now I'm stuck with it.

Okay, as in Porked Fired Rice.

[airborne]

I doubt if Drudge went with this story without knowing who exactly he was talking to.

Stay tuned for further interesting developments.

[StarFan]

See #347

[clawrence3]

Drudge should definitely reveal his source.

[DCBryan1]

amen...anybody but christians =abc

[operation clinton cleanup]

No, but I can tell ya that that ABC reporter is yella!!!

C'mon, that story is all wet!

[Diddle E. Squat]

I think Maureen Dowd started that in her rant against Miller. She described Miller with a word that means open to powerful men. I just can't remember what that word is.

She called her a 'Lesliestahl'?

[Howlin]

ABC news, we never double source anything.

ROFLMAO...........just damn ROFLMAO!

[small voice in the wilderness]

OMG!! ROFLMAO! She's got more moves than a chinese checker board!

[FreedomNeocon]

ABC NEWS spokesman Jeff Schneider tells the DRUDGE REPORT: "There is nothing at all true about us having double sourced anything" regarding indictments.
Latest from Drudge. Looks like Matt got fooled by someone.

Interesting take, but I'd think more logical would be that

A) ABC reporter went on 'phishing' expedition with the WH communication director

B) ABC in prep of this 'expected' to run it on their nightly newscast, and someone in the studio was the '2nd source'

C) The 'first source' was the WH communications director who notified drudge of the phishing attempt in the 1st place

D) WHILE the reporter was returning 'empty handed' DRUDGE posted the story

E) Later DRUDGE found they didn't run with it and either the WH tricked him, or ABC was denying they ever went 'phishing' and tried to pull the link

F) Saw references to it here and direct links still hitting the URL and re-posted it to at least get 'honesty points'

G) ABC will continue to deny they ever went phishing, WH will not put the original source out to refute ABC lying about their involvement (ABC knows this and so are confident in their 'denial') -- Also possible the reporter was on their own or 'sub-contracting' with raw story on it. Thats my theoretical timeline

[Diddle E. Squat]

We're going to indict you for that.