Did Newsweek propel Matt Drudge to journalistic prominence in the 1990’s?
Ann Coulter observes on Townhall.com that before he produced the Koran desecration story, reporter Michael Isikoff repeatedly uncovered breaking news about misbehavior in the Clinton White House, but editors at Newsweek decided not to rush to publication on that, letting others break story after story …
Ironically, among the reasons Newsweek gave for killing Isikoff’s Lewinsky bombshell was that [Newsweek assistant managing editor] Evan Thomas was worried someone might get hurt. It seems that Lewinsky could be heard on tape saying that if the story came out, “I’ll (expletive) kill myself.”
Death toll from story they did run: 16.
Some interesting history. RTWT here.
