http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/3282/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/media-reality-check/little-or-no-interest-gore-and-marijuana <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Media Leaped on Rumors of Bush Cocaine Use Without Any Accuser, But Gore Accuser Gets Little Play </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/tim-graham">Tim Graham</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><span class="normal"> Last August, national media outlets leaped on rumors of cocaine use by George W. Bush, even though reporters searching for people to accuse Bush of drug use could not find an accuser. Now longtime Gore friend John Warnecke claims Gore used marijuana regularly, right up to his 1976 run for Congress, four years later than Gore has claimed he stopped. Warnecke also claims Gore asked him to "stonewall" on the issue during the 1988 campaign. But the media aren't exactly riveted: </span> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/media-reality-check/little-or-no-interest-gore-and-marijuana" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Media Reality Check News Analysis Division clanormal mention newsweeki stonewall Thu, 27 Jan 2000 05:00:00 +0000 admin 2582 at http://archive2.mrc.org