As Joe noted earlier, Bill Kristol repeated some made-up stuff today in the NYT and then fabricated a thesis around it. Now Greg at TPM Election Central reports that Kristol's source got caught trying to wash his hands of the mess.
Ronald Kessler apparently edited his own Wikipedia entry to remove references to today's Newsmax/Kristol debacle. Greg writes:
I checked in with Kessler himself, and he confirmed that he had done the deed. He said he'd cut out the reference to his own fact-bungling because it also contained a reference to an article criticizing him for his stance on torture -- and that all of this was part of the same "left-wing" assault.Greg also points out that Kessler's entry has already been changed back to make sure it's accurate.
I'm not at all surprised a "journalist" with a loose commitment to facts thinks it's ok to alter the truth about himself online.
I am, however, a little surprised Kessler didn't consider he'd get caught. How many times do we have to revisit the Wikipedia transparency tale? Maybe if Kessler's determined to alter the truth, he should have a chat with Brian Chase, various Congressional staffers, or the anonymous Chris Benoit editor about why doing it on Wikipedia is such a lousy idea .
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