Mickey Kaus notes the backpedaling of Mr. Sterling creator Lawrence O’Donnell on his non-scoop of the non-story on Karl Rove’s non-involvement in anything to do with Valerie Plame’s non-career at the Central non-Intelligence Agency:
David Corn usefully and calmly lays out what we know and don’t know about Rove and Plame. … Meanwhile, Lawrence O’Donnell is milking his scoop for all the HuffPo items it’s worth, though he’s now quietly downgraded Rove from “Matt Cooper’s source” and “the source Matt Cooper has been protecting” to “one of the secret sources Matt Cooper has been protecting.” [Italics added] … But the unsubstantiated–yet posssibly true!–O’Donnell headline “Rove Blew CIA Agent’s Cover” is still up. … 5:26 P.M.
Apparently this has all played out on cult member Arianna non-Huffington’s non-blog.