[demlosers]

ABC Spews again. ABC reporter Brian Ross is an A-hole.

[operation clinton cleanup]

HELP BRIAN ROSS AND ABC DO THEIR JOBS

Brian Ross, investigative reporter for ABC News, needs to hear our thanks for doing his job.

Here's what happened:

1. An ABC News producer received a tape from an intermediary in Pakistan

2. ABC, mindful of CBS' recent error, enlisted the aid of the FBI and CIA but still can't authenticate the 75-minute videotape.

3. ABC hasn't run the videotape, despite massive pressure inside and outside the Beltway.

4. Here's why: Mr. Ross apparently became concerned, according to The Washington Post:

Ross and other ABC staffers say they believe that a Bush administration official leaked the story to Internet gossip Matt Drudge as a way of pressuring the network into airing the tape, which would heighten concerns about terrorism in the final week of the president's reelection campaign. They note that whoever gave the information to Drudge had a transcript of the tape.