I'm interested in verifying or debunking this alleged statement. While the fact that he served his corporate masters ahead of the truth doesn't rest on this utterance, it seems "too damning to be true." If you know more about the circumstances and sources of this quote than what I sketch below I'd love to hear the details!
-----< from a post I made on another thread >---------------
The original source for the quote seems to be a piece written by David Podvin,
http://makethemaccountable.com/podvin/media/020109_Russert.htm">"Chocolates and nylons, sir?". Others on DU in past threads have asked for a source and this is where they all lead. Podvin himself gives no indication of how he came to know Russert said this - was he present? Who was there who told Podvin about it?
Googling David Podvin yields, in addition to his own writing, accounts on a few right-wing sites of futile efforts to make contact with the man. I'll spare you the links to those sites, but the author of
this this relatively fair-minded blog has an
account of utter failure in his efforts to verify this quote.
The bottom line is that Podvin's "scoops" might be too good to be true. We should, as members of the reality-based community, be VERY cautious about repeating these quotes, as they seem to be utterly unverifiable. I used that quote earlier today in an email and I now think that was a big mistake!
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