Did Comedy Central scoop the Rumsfeld resignation?

Steve Safran November 8th, 2006

This blog entry on the Comedy Central “Indecider” election blog, purportedly from 12:15 Wednesday morning, seems to scoop the Rumsfeld resignation story by, oh, about 12 hours. From the blog: “The buzz I’m hearing from a friend, and a totally unconfirmed White House source (remember Comedy Central doesn’t have journalistic standards), is that Rumsfeld will be out of the administration tomorrow. This is a shocker even to the totally unnamed source in the White House. Already, we are seeing reports of a White House Press conference scheduled for tomorrow at 1 p.m. Could this be it?… Suck it, Drudge!” Indecider recaps the timeline today: “LIKE, 1 MINUTE AFTER CNN ANNOUNCED RUMSFELD’S RESIGNATION: We pee our pants.” And Gawker takes note: “Nice work, media! You got scooped by the folks who write web promos for Mind of Mencia!” (Thanks, LR Tipster Shirley!)