A reader calls my attention to this 2005 piece by Howie Kurtz on Jason Leopold. Money quote:
Jason Leopold got a journalistic black eye three years ago when Salon retracted a story the freelancer had written about a Bush administration official, saying it could not authenticate the piece.
Now the former Los Angeles Times and Dow Jones reporter has written a book, "Off the Record," that criticizes journalists as lazy. Oh, and by the way, Leopold says he engaged in "lying, cheating and backstabbing," is a former cocaine addict, served [three days in jail] for grand larceny, repeatedly tried to kill himself and has battled mental illness his whole life.
He could still be right, of course. And Rove could still be indicted. But I wouldn’t bet on it.
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