re: Did I miss the recant on MIke&Mike this a.m.?

It has become (and maybe it always was) a favorite tactic of the media, both broadcast and print, to start with an assertion from an unnamed source (as in, "it has been said that[X]..," or "can you respond to the assertion that [X]..."). The reporter asking the question, or writing the story, can always say,"Well, I wasn't suggesting that X is true," ignoring entirely the absence of any evidence that X is, or ever was, true. Nevertheless, the reporter has succeeded in putting out there, through the power of her access to the media, and whatever reputation her newspaper, network, etc., may have, the suggestion that somehow X may be, or is even likely to be, true. As a matter of pure semantics, she hasn't said anything that is inaccurate. As a matter of substance, she has avoided her duty to the truth. It's a smarmy game, and any paper or network that uses it doesn't deserve to be taken seriously. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave too many sources for honest journalism.