Posted 8:07 AM by Scoobie Davis

Urgent: E-mail Howard Kurtz
In previous posts, I have urged people to e-mail Howard Kurtz regarding his outrageous defense of Rush Limbaugh's hate radio program (e.g, here). In today's column on the media foodchain regarding the Lott comments, Kurtz once again rewrites history:

Even after Lott's comments were reported, though, much of the establishment press ignored them for days. It wasn't until Lott apologized last Monday night that such newspapers as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today took note of the matter. In the meantime, Lott was pummeled by a number of online Weblogs --particularly by conservatives who agree with him on many issues -- in a way that helped force the story into public view...

This is rank revisionism; The bloggers who were early on this were Josh Marsall and Atrios, not right-wing bloggers. The article also implies that Glenn Reynolds was one of the early birds ("...Glenn Reynolds, the Tennessee law professor who jumped on the story in his InstaPundit column..."). Reynolds was a johnny-come-lately. Glenn was behind the pack on this one.

E-mail Kurtz at kurtzh@washpost and tell him he is wrong. CC me; I'd like to see what people are writing. It's important.

UPDATE: Roger Ailes (the blogger, not the right-wing windbag) offered similar thoughts; he also recommended writing the Post's ombudsman at ombudsman@washpost.com