Posted on 11/04/2005 4:25:15 PM PST by conservative in nyc
The conservative Web site at the center of a rumor investigation is calling on The Washington Post to conduct an internal investigation into one of their reports.
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WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team reporter David Collins reported that The Washington Post recently revealed that Post reporter Matt Mosk -- with a help of an "intermediary" -- logged on as MD4Bush at least three times to verify private e-mails that were then used to break the story.
The Washington, D.C., chapter of the conservative Web site, FreeRepublic.com, said on Friday that the newspaper has a lot of explaining to do in connection with its reporting on MD4Bush.
"What The Washington Post did was, basically, someone went to their reporter and said, 'Here's some keys, go into someone's house, go into someone's office, you'll find something newsworthy.' And then, The Post took the keys and did that," said Kristin Taylor, of the Free Republic's D.C. chapter.
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In a written statement, The Washington Post said again that its reporter did not post entries online as MD4Bush. However, they did not address the 11 News I-Team's question of whether they have a policy regarding logging onto a Web site, pretending to be someone else, or whether The Post had verified it had authorization from MD4Bush to do it.
"They don't know who the account holder is. They were relying on a third party who said that's OK," Taylor said.
FreeRepublic's D.C. chapter contended that regardless of permission, sharing passwords is in violation of their Web site user policy, in which MD4Bush agreed to.
The chapter accused the post of disregarding its own policy concerning sources that dates back to Watergate. They also suggest that The Post violated the Electronic Communications Act, which would constitute as a criminal offense.
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I like the idea of putting them on a short leash.
We need a "deep throat" at the WaPo to get some hints of other scam in the same vein that can be investigated and brought to light.
There are, of course, many "deep throat" types over at the WarshPost, but they're probably not the kind you were asking about.
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