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Ok, I admit it. I like Drudge's site. It has a no-frills presentation that makes it easy to scan the headlines, with a minimum of in-your-face ads.

But after all, he is Drudge, so you've got to watch him like a — well, Fox. For example, take this link on his site today:

Report: Kidnapped Israeli reservists are in Iran?...

Hmmm, so Iran may be tied to the kidnappings that set off the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah last year? Just another reason to bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran, eh?

But if you click Drudge's link, the headline and first sentence of the story read thusly:

'Goldwasser, Regev aren't in Iran'

Israel knows that kidnapped reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev have not been transferred to Iran, government officials involved in negotiating their release told Army Radio Sunday, denying a report in Asharq Alawsat.

C'mon — it's Drudge. You were expecting maybe fair and balanced?

Update: The source of the story, the Jerusalem Post, has changed the beginning of their article. Maybe they got a call from Drudge? :-) (Question marks let you get away with a all kinds of reportorial sins, don't they?)