Key words: "as much accuracy as a Kitty Kelley novel..."

An article on Saturday about an accusation by Senator John Kerry that the Bush administration was secretly planning to mobilize National Guard units immediately after the election misstated the position of Steve Schmidt, a campaign spokesman, who said that Mr. Kerry's attack "has as much accuracy as a Kitty Kelley novel." He works for the Bush campaign, not Mr. Kerry's.

If you're a reporter, do you really want an inaccuracy in a story that references Kitty Kelley?