Why we hate journalists. Howard Kurtz: sloppy journalist or right-wing stooge?

Kurtz helping new CNN pundit cover up pundit's white supremacist, violent, racist past 

I'm pretty confident he's both. By attributing a quote to Nancy Pelosi she never uttered, Kurtz is merely following his own work ethic of doing whatever it takes to stir the pot. And fluff his Republican friends.

Here's the quote:

"I think you need to talk about how poorly they [the White House] do on message," Pelosi is quoted as saying in a story by Howard Kurtz. "They can't see around corners; they anticipate nothing."

You can see how that would inflame the easily excitable conservative media. Here's a snippet of the post about Kurtz's kerfuffle:

Newsweek/Daily Beast said the error occurred when "the writer" misread notes of an interview conducted by a colleague. "The article, Behind Obama's Populist Makeover, included a comment erroneously attributed to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, criticizing the administration's political messaging. The writer misread notes of an interview conducted by a colleague," said the website's Andrew Kirk. "The error has been corrected, and we've apologized to Nancy Pelosi's office."

The quick correction to Kurtz' story follows a previous one earlier this year that left the Washington press corps scratching their heads. Kurtz has mistakenly attributed a quote to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), which was in reality from his then-ubiquitous spokesman Kurt Bardella. When caught, Kurtz accused Bardella of impersonating his boss in the interview.

Tina Brown, you're no Graydon Carter. Get your act together.