Clooney says he phoned Drudge after the Drudgereport.com site published a photo of “K Street” regular and Vice President Dick Cheney adviser Mary Matalin in a rogues’ gallery of suspects in the latest Washington leaking scandal.
“Drudge put Mary’s picture on his Web site along with Karl Rove and George Bush with a headline that said something like ‘Who leaked?’” Clooney told me. “I can’t remember the exact phrase. But when you clicked on the link, you got a story about Dick Cheney that had nothing to with Mary. So I called Drudge personally and said, ‘Do you want to come on the show to defend yourself for putting Mary’s picture up there?’ And he said, no, he didn’t want to do our show.
Drudge did acknowledge declining Clooney’s invitation: “Don’t take it personally, but no, I told him. He was very persistent, kept asking me to do the show. Finally, I told him, ‘No! is a complete sentence.’ ”
Drudge, meanwhile, vowed to go to court and file a cease-and-desist motion if “K Street” continues to use his likeness and images of his Web site. Last Sunday’s episode did just that, and featured “K Street” regular James Carville, Matalin’s husband, leaving a profanity-laced message on Drudge’s voice mail.
“This is not a news program! This is an entertainment program and they can’t just use it without my permission,” Drudge said.
Clooney said the show’s lawyers have advised otherwise.
Another example of how the left doesn’t have any respect for another or copyrights and can do as they like under the guise of “creative license”.
I hate to say it, but I think Matt going to court for “K Street” using his likeness and images of his site on their show will just be pushed away and laughed out of court like when Fox News sued Al Franken for using the phrase “Fair and Balanced”.
This could of course be a ploy set up by the “K Street” creators to gain media attention for having a law suit filed against them in order to help the show in the ratings – - Nay, the left isn’t that clever.
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