It's been in circulation for a few weeks, but I thought this piece by Alexandra Polier, who was falsely named as having had a fling with John Kerry earlier this year, was a great read. She describes how she and her family were hounded by the media and generally freaked out by the whole thing, of course. But the best part of the article describes how, after the scandal boils away to nothing, she tracks down the reporters who propagated the rumor, and the hunters become the hunted.

I went to Flynn's apartment, and spoke to his wife through the intercom. "Go away and leave us alone!" she cried. "He's not going to come down or speak to you."

Best of all is the disingenuous Matt Drudge, who is shocked, shocked, that such a rumor could be covered in the media, like Monica never happened.

Once he'd posted his initial story, he was then encouraged and gratified by the prompt coverage in the UK press. "When the London Times made it a banner headline, like we're going to war, I realized this must be true. "