Michelle Malkin blogs about the incredibly dishonest smears going on around that “whitey tape” hoax: Fight Their Smears: ABC News, Bob Beckel, Time, AP, Guardian, and NYT slime the Right.

Michelle can add LGF to the list of bloggers who did not fall for the hoax, with several posts alerting people to Larry Johnson’s background as a Daily Kos diarist and a zero credibility fraud:

’Whitey’ Tape Fake? Say It Ain’t So!
Unwelcome Linkage
NY Times Blames ‘Conservative Blogs’ for the ‘Whitey Tape’ Fraud

Bob Beckel’s hypocritical statement on Fox News was just the latest attempt to divert the blame onto conservative bloggers, but he took it to a new level by actually using a racist slur—and none of the other guests on the show even batted an eye.

UPDATE at 6/16/08 9:35:03 am:

Here’s some more information on Beckel, the dishonest smear merchant: Bob Beckel’s hooker scandal.