Comedy Central claims it broke Rumsfeld story

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Comedy Central Claims Rumsfeld Get
By John Eggerton

Could the Internet component of a half-hour comedy have gotten a big
scoop? They think so.

Clifford Blau...

Well, when news breaks, The Daily Show is there to fix it.

Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!

Comedy Central claims its Indecider blog was the first with the
rumor--which proved true--that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
was resigning.

According to the channel, "token conservative" Michael Brendan
Dougherty broke the rumor with the following at 12:15 a.m.:

"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?