Drudge strikes again, advances lies about Obama Administration taking credit for a fire station

[Jennicut]

Drudge Report deceptively advanced accusation that Biden wrongly "credit stimulus for fire station"

"The Drudge Report linked to an article with the headline "Biden credits stimulus for fire station -- funded under Bush." But after facts emerged that undermined that claim, the Drudge Report removed any reference to the article and did not subsequently link to an updated version of the article or in any other way note the evidence undermining the accusation against Biden that it had forwarded.

On April 2, the Drudge Report linked to a McClatchy Newspapers article about Vice President Joe Biden's April 1 event in Pikeville, North Carolina, with the headline: "Biden credits stimulus for fire station -- funded under Bush..." The McClatchy article was a shortened version of an article by the Raleigh News & Observer, a subsidiary of McClatchy, that quoted Republican state Sen. David Rouzer's assertion that Biden was being "disingenuous" for crediting federal stimulus money for investment in the fire house and also quoted Rouzer saying, "They're coming in and cherry picking the best projects and switching out the money, saying it's stimulus money. ... But it was already approved and in the pipeline." However, at 6:04 p.m. ET on April 2, The News & Observer updated the article to note that officials at the Department of Agriculture "disputed" Rouzer's account, providing as evidence a copy of the fire department's application for government funds, and also reported that the president of the local fire department said the department "did not officially apply for the money until March 5" -- after the stimulus bill became law on February 17. McClatchy similarly updated its version of the article. The Drudge Report, however, which had between 7:19 a.m. ET and 5:50 p.m. ET featured the headline asserting that Biden had wrongly "credit stimulus for fire station," promptly removed any reference to the McClatchy article at 6:04 p.m. ET. The Drudge Report did not subsequently link to the updated News & Observer or McClatchy articles or in any other way note the evidence undermining the claim that Biden had wrongly credited the stimulus bill with funding the fire station."
http://mediamatters.org/items/200904030019

Fox had this out today too.
Maybe they can actually fact check their references first before they put out lies. Just a suggestion.

[lob1]

1. Think about what you're saying.

If they fact-checked their stories before they put them out, they couldn't put them out. No point killing a good lie.

[Jennicut]

2. LOL. True. They like to perpetuate that Obama and Biden are liars. Fact checking would

destroy their myth.

[lob1]

4. Colbert said it best, "Truth has a liberal bias," and you won't catch

Fox dealing with anything liberal.

[Gman]

3. Perversely true

[medeak]

5. check out Drudge's inappropriate ad LOL

on Wonkette.com Hysterical...ran ad for free guns above headline of horrid shooting today!

http://wonkette.com/407530/hey-this-is-not-appropriate-matt-drudge

[DefenseLawyer]

6. Nobody reads Drudge for objective news

They know exactly what they are getting.

[GentryDixon]

7. If they fact checked, Fox would not have any stories to push out to their flock.

Drudge is notoriously WRONG. And with screaming headlines to prove their inane blather.

[damntexdem]

8. Oh, Faux News MUST fact check:

otherwise, how could they assure being so consistently wrong.