Drudge touted faulty Lockhart/Burkett report; ignored correction

Internet gossip Matt Drudge posted a link on the Drudge Report to an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that mistakenly reported that retired Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett was referring to a conversation with Kerry-Edwards '04 campaign senior adviser Joe Lockhart when he said: "They tried to convince me as to why I should give them the [CBS] documents." Drudge summarized the Star-Telegram story with a headline that blared: "CONTROVERSIAL TEXAS RANCHER SAYS LOCKHART WANTED DOCUMENTS."

But, as the Star-Telegram noted in its correction: "Bill Burkett was referring to conversations with CBS when he said, 'They tried to convince me as to why I should give them the documents.' The earlier version [of the article] incorrectly reported that he had discussed the documents with Joe Lockhart of the Kerry campaign."

Since the Star-Telegram corrected its report, the link to the story has vanished from the Drudge Report, and Drudge has failed to note that the story has been corrected.