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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (41837)	5/2/2004 3:00:34 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 794046

The practice of journalism used to include fact-checking, I believe. This guy made a practice of posting on conservative blogs. They are all dancing on him today.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (41837)	5/2/2004 3:14:53 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 794046

Here's a bit more on the reporter's fact-checking. It took a loong time to get the data. But the fact that Wright "refused to provide any validating information, aside from his birthdate" should have been a big tip-off, no? Over at A Small Victory, the Washington Post's Richard Leiby left a comment: I want your blog readers to know that the only reason Micah Wright came clean on his lies last week is because I pursued three FOIA requests with separate US Army commands, seeking proof of his service, after he failed to provide documentation to me. Despite common perceptions, it is not easy for a reporter to verify the service of anyone with a Ranger background, or anyone who claims to have been associated with Special Forces. I did not have Wright's social security number and he refused to provide any validating information, aside from his birthdate. I filed the FOIA requests to follow up on the July 2003 article I wrote about Wright. When I finally verified in April 2004 that he had never served as an Army Ranger (each FOIA took months for processing), I called his publisher and demanded that the publisher press Wright for documentation of his alleged service. The publisher called Wright in the last week of April and he confessed his lies. I decided to write the story in my Sunday (2 May) column, and wanted to get a comment from Wright, which I did when he called me on Friday evening. jimtreacher.com

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (41837)	5/2/2004 4:59:41 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794046

If this holds we will see if Sharon goes to a coalition with Labor. Polls: Likud Rejects Gaza Withdrawal Plan JERUSALEM - TV polls indicated Sunday that the ruling Likud Party overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites)'s proposal to withdraw from the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) and four small West Bank settlements. Also Sunday, gunmen killed a pregnant Jewish settler and four of her children in Gaza, and Israel responded with a missile attack on a Hamas radio station. The woman was apparently on her way into Israel to help campaign against the Gaza withdrawal plan. Just hours later, four missiles hit a 14-story building in Gaza City housing the radio stations' offices, caving in part of the roof and cutting off electricity to the building. Screaming women stood on the balconies. The building, filled with apartments and businesses, in the upscale Rimal neighborhood is also home to the two main Palestinian newspapers, Al Ayyam and Al Quds. Military sources said the army had attacked a Hamas radio station that had been broadcasting "incitement." The telephone polls, conducted by Israel's three main TV stations, gave opponents a large lead of between 12 and 24 percentage points. A survey by Channel 2 had the smallest lead for opponents, with 56 percent against the plan and 44 percent in favor. On Channel 10, the poll indicated 58 had voted against and 42 percent in favor. The greatest gap was given by Channel 1, with 62 percent against and 38 percent in favor. Turnout was low. Apparently, fewer than half of the 193,000 Likud members had voted. Analysts said the "no" vote was boosted by a Palestinian shooting attack in Gaza earlier Sunday, in which a pregnant settler and her four daughters were killed.