Mort Zuckerman Did Not Quite Write An Obama Speech

In an appearance on Fox, Zuckerman told Neil Cavuto that, despite recently writing an article for U.S. News & World Report titled “Obama Is Barely Treading Water,” he had originally endorsed Obama and even wrote a speech for him. The Upshot has video of the exchange here.

Zuckerman waved off Cavuto’s follow-up questioning and the White House has yet to comment officially on the matter, but a source did tell The Upshot something rather interesting: Obama’s top speechwriters, Jon Favreau and Ben Rhodes, have never met with with Zuckerman.

Zuckerman has since reworded his description of his involvement:

My point in noting during a recent television interview that I had once “helped” contribute to one of Barack Obama’s campaign speeches was to reflect the fact that my recent criticisms of...