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To: longnshort who wrote (12304)10/5/2006 4:04:48 PM
From: Mr. Palau  Read Replies (1) of 14758
 
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Amid questions, ABC says messages 'couldn't be a prank'

Brian Beutler
Published: Thursday October 5, 2006

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Network staff say ABC plans more stories involving different pages

Faced with claims by the conservative political website The Drudge Report Friday that lurid instant message exchanges between disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) and the former page who was outed on a conservative website yesterday were the result of an elaborate prank, insiders at ABC News say the network stands behind their story.

Drudge alleges that the young Republican “goaded Foley to type embarrassing comments that were then shared with a small group of young Hill politicos” and that “the prank went awry when the saved IM sessions got into the hands of political operatives favorable to Democrats.”

Sources inside ABC News tell RAW STORY that evidence of widespread misconduct by Foley is overwhelming and rules out the possibility that the entire scandal is based on a prank or a sting.

“This couldn't be a prank," one high-placed insider said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the story. "Everything I've seen indicates that it can't be. Clearly there's been an effort on the part of this gentleman [Drudge] and another blogger...to come back at us.”

“He doesn't say anything about the fact that there's more than one conversation out there,” said another source, speaking about the Drudge story.

RAW STORY has also learned that ABC plans to release new stories that indicate that Foley's behavior extends to other congressional pages who served on Capitol Hill during different sessions of Congress.

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