It is to chuckle, if not laugh out loud (LOL to texters), to read this alleged refutation in Sun-Times of Drudge Report’s story, now scrubbed, about pressure on WFLD-32 to drop its coverage of the anti-Olympics web site.
Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky said he did speak to the Fox news outlet Thursday about possibly doing a follow-up story to the station’s first piece after questions about the site arose, but he never demanded they stop reporting on the Web site. “It’s what anyone in my position would have done,” Sandusky said.
That sure ices it. The 2016 spokesman denied it, so Lew Lazare can use this lede:
A Drudge Report news blog item was off the mark in an item it posted late Sunday night.
And the copy desk can faithfully compose this head:
Drudge wrong on Web site report
And if you weren’t convinced, this should do it:
[A] WFLD spokeswoman released a copy of a story the station intended to run on its Monday evening newscast. In that story, WFLD said it “chose” to discontinue referring to the ChicagoansForRio Web site until “its authenticity could be verified.”
After that friendly call from the 2016 man.
A little nuance, please, from S-T?
On the other hand: As noted above, Drudge has scrubbed the item, which does nothing to erase the incredibility of the S-T story, assuming credibility is important.
[Tip of fedora to Political Lore]
Blithe Spirit 
I wonder how people feel about O’s trip across the pond to push for the Olympics? Doesn’t seem like a carbon neutral trip to me…
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