Going After Gore

GOING AFTER GORE
[SOURCE: Vanity Fair, AUTHOR: Evenia Pertz]
When he ran for president, Al Gore took a bashing from the media, often for things he never said. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other top news outlets kept going after him, with misquotes ("I invented the Internet"), distortions (that he lied about being the inspiration for Love Story), and strangely off-the-mark needling, while pundits such as Maureen Dowd appeared to be charmed by his rival, George W. Bush. For the first time, Gore and his family talk about the effect of the press attacks on his campaign—and about his future plans—to the author, who finds that many in the media are re-assessing their 2000 coverage.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/10/gore200710