Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post reports on the spurious “Karl Rove indictment” story that appeared on moonbat site Truthout.org: Rove Lawyer Has a Pet Peeve.

The author of the Truthout piece, Jason Leopold, is a self-admitted liar and convicted felon with a history of drug and alcohol addiction. I hope that doesn’t come as a major shock to any LGF readers.

And yet the mainstream media jumped all over this story like a pack of starving feral hounds.

The reports appeared on the liberal [Is that really the best word for this loony site? —ed.] Web site Truthout.org, run by Marc Ash, a former advertising man and fashion photographer in California. Jason Leopold, the author of the stories, directed inquiries to Ash, who says that “we stand by the story. We have multiple points of independent confirmation of what we originally reported. Our problem is, the prosecutor’s office is under no obligation to go public.”

Leopold acknowledges in a new book, “News Junkie,” that he is a past liar, convicted felon and former alcoholic and cocaine addict. An earlier version of the book was canceled by publisher Rowman & Littlefield last year.

Salon retracted a 2002 piece by Leopold involving Thomas White, then secretary of the Army. The online magazine apologized, saying it had been unable to confirm the authenticity of an e-mail that Leopold attributed to White. Leopold, a onetime reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Dow Jones, accused the online magazine of being “wimpy” and caving to pressure.

“Jason is a character, but he’s been straight with me and I’ve checked him out very carefully,” Ash says.

In an interview with liberal radio host Ed Schultz, Leopold said his sources had given him “detailed information” about the alleged marathon meeting at Luskin’s law office that he said was attended by Rove and a Secret Service detail. Leopold said that while “I totally look like I’m wrong,” he still believes the indictment story is true.