Concerning the "Downing Street Memos", it looks like our British friends didn't learn a thing watching Dan Rather crash and burn on Blogosphere Prime Time.

The eight memos - all labeled "secret" or "confidential" - were first obtained by British reporter Michael Smith, who has written about them in The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times.

Smith told AP he protected the identity of the source he had obtained the documents from by typing copies of them on plain paper and destroying the originals.

What bothers me at the moment is that if you read the above article, the title of the AP news story is "Memos Show British Concern Over Iraq Plans".

The quote that offhandedly mentions the destruction of the originals in favor of a hand typed copy isn't even newsworthy enough to make the beginning of the story.

If it weren't for my persual of alternative sources for news and commentary, such as Babalu Blog, I would never know.

I suppose that would make the AP quite happy. After all, the news is accurate, even if the source is potentially fake.

Fake, but accurate.

Moonbats.

Posted by Michael at June 19, 2005 09:49 PM