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"But the fish enjoyed by the Gores were not endangered or illegally caught.

Rather, the restaurant later confirmed, they had come from one of the world's few well-managed, sustainable populations of toothfish, and caught and documented in compliance with Marine Stewardship Council regulations."

CORRECTION TIME!

Jake and John Solomon from the Post should really get together and powwow sometimes. I mean, Jake is pretty good at pushing out non-stories with key facts missing from his accounting of things, but Solomon is a master (and is STILL publishing articles about John Edwards' haircut, months later, despite the recent revelations that most of the candidates pay about the same amount for the same sorts of services).

Why do we need reporters when we can simply string together some half-truths, make sure they are about Democrats, and kick em out the door as a story? Computers could do it just as well, and I'm sure it would save abc lots of money.

Al Gore's fish dinner turns out green

"But the fish enjoyed by the Gores were not endangered or illegally caught.

Rather, the restaurant later confirmed, they had come from one of the world's few well-managed, sustainable populations of toothfish, and caught and documented in compliance with Marine Stewardship Council regulations."

Many thanks for the clarification of this "news." I'm sure we can all rest more easily at night, now.

It is not the fish stupid! (I like that comment) It is the fact that Gore is telling Everybody else to do things that he is unwilling to do. He is a Hypocrite

Yes he can eat adn do what he wants but only if he agrees that everyone else can too.

That seems like something you should have done before you printed your "story". Ya think?

What would you expect from a guy who started out writing for the Washington City Paper? I would say that you should be embarassed Mr. Tapper but somehow I don't think it would make a difference. Thanks for elevating the state of political discourse in America. I hope you're proud of your fine work.

I can't believe how stupid people can be.

1. This fish is NOT endangered. It is legally traded in the US and elsewhere. Tens of thousands of Americans eat it every day.

2. Gore was not responsible for the menu but even if he had been why on Earth can't people eat this fish?
I can't imagine how horrible it would be if Earth didn't have this particular species. I mean that would be the end of the world, obviously. Worthy problem, indeed.

3. The Humane Society can kiss off. Those idiots think they are somehow representing the interest of other species. Too bad those other species never asked them to do that. They are just not intelligent enough. In other words: since when do we humans care more about some ugly fish than about our own species?

4. I want Gore to go and catch as many Chilean sea bass beast as possible. It would have two benefits:
- would make the Humane Society and other green freaks mad as heck.
- wouldn't have any effect on the climate, which is what, the last time I checked, Gore happens to care about

Wow, incompetent and too vain to issue a genuine apology.

I know. I know. How were you supposed to know the groom's family traditionally pays for the rehearsal dinner? Even if you didn't, I mean, shoot, who has the time to call a couple of people and find out who did? You're quite the journalist there.

Good grief! Al Gore does make some credible observation's and for that you degrade him on a daily basis, why? Because by focusing on this asinine crap you can degrade him and his views. This is just wrong.

From Right Wing Australian Press to Righty Blogs to ABC News -- in less than twelve hours.

So you guys are now acting as stenographers for righty bloggers like Glenn Reynolds.

Impressive. Very impressive.

I get it now. If you hate Al Gore, you get to have your blanket generalizations about him and people who admire his work remain unedited on this site. I'll try to keep that in mind.

Oh yeah...and Jake: try for some substance, man. This was just sad. Even the astonishing (implied) admission that you were wrong doesn't make up for it.

Get real everybody. The fish were already caught. Just because they are on the menu doesn't mean those attending are going to choose them. I am really sick of the "got ya" that this story all about. I like Jake Tapper and think he could better spend his time.

Take a good look at Al Gore. His chops indicate that he probably had more than one sea bass and if the truth were known, he has many more environmental indiscretions very much like the 20,000 kilowatts of juice he used in one month at his home in tenn. What a total hypocrite who is just like the rest of the "do as we say" socialist phonies.

"Again if he was not doing what he is doing it would not be a big deal."

So, if Al Gore isn't perfect then we don't have to worry about the environment or fish stocks or global warming or anything, right?

Right. Gotcha.

Well, after seeing all this gratuitous and undeserved Gore-bashing, it's good to know that ABC is at least paying just as much attention to *Presidential Candidate* Rudy Giuliani's questionable personal past and mayoral practices.

Oh wait, they're not. Never mind.

I meant to say that *GOOD* people don't go to rehearsal dinners for their daughters when a fish is served there that the Humane Society is trying to raise awareness for about its endangerment due to overfishing. They just don't. But bad people do.

See, Al Gore has me so incensed about his attendance of daughters' rehearsal dinners where a fish was served that the Humane Society was trying to raise awareness for about its endangerment due to overfishing that I can't even think straight.

Did I happen to mention that I don't like Al Gore? I don't like him because he's not as pure as me.

He thinks I'm a bad person. I know this because I saw that movie he made, and he called me a bad person *in the movie*. Well, I think *he's* a bad person. And this fish story proves it. Bad people don't go to rehearsal dinners for their daughters when a fish is served there that the Humane Society is trying to raise awareness for about its endangerment due to overfishing. They just don't.

On the other hand, good people sometimes call hookers without their wives knowing and engage in diaper fetishes all the while excoriating Bill Clinton. I think that much is painfully obvious.

who cares about what the gores EAT!!!!!

TO: Cap'n Dunsel, bringiton, and mikeg

Thank you Thank you Thank you. If I knew you all I would buy each of you a beer. This was THE most mindless column I have witnessed in years and I sincerely want to thank you all for calling a spade a spade. The press needs to hear from its readers when the "stories" they put out are crap! I do not agree with the politics of bringiton but we are in lock step about how bad this piece really is!!! Who says journalism can't bridge the politicl gap?!?!?!?

I don't like Al Gore. He is wrong, and a bad person.

I like stories that are designed to make Al Gore look bad. I'd like to see more of them.

Well, glad we got that all cleared up. Score one for journalism in America today. Oh wait, is that Paris Hilton over there?

do reporters ever feel embarrassed when they report something that even the quickest fact checking would reveal that there is no truth to their story?

Jake-
The Pulitzer is yours. They should just retire the freaking award.

You milked two columns out of this non-event? Closing in on 4000 American dead and a TRILLION dollars spent in Iraq yet al Qaeda is as strong as ever, the Constitution shredded, obstruction of justice up one side of government and down the other, our Vice President is the largest criminal enterprise in human history, and you spend column inches on what Al Gore ate as a guest?

Well, you really nailed this one down, Jake. Thanks for this valuable contribution to the discourse. And the comparison to Vitter really iced the cupcake.

I'm just a guy killing some time in an office somewhere on the prairies; why is it I can find the facts in a couple of seconds on my coffee break

"The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an independent non-profit body dedicated to sustainable fishing practices and ocean health, recently certified a fishery operating out of South Georgia Island for the sustainable harvesting of Chilean sea bass. This island is near the South Sandwich Islands located in the extreme southern Atlantic, where harsh prevailing weather conditions and active volcanism make it difficult for fishermen. While poaching remains a serious threat to Chilean sea bass in other areas, this remote fishery has proven itself to be a responsible one dedicated to sustainable practices as documented by the MSC."

And aren't there more important issues, like John Edward's hair, or Mitt Romney's makeup

Jake you did good, See I still know he's a hypocrite, See if I was against something like in this case the fish, I would of politely asked for something else or would not eat, at a wedding I would not of made a spectacle but I would of skipped the food.

So the question should be did he eat it???

Again if he was not doing what he is doing it would not be a big deal.