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Update 9:40 p.m.: At last, the Fox News mole has outed himself in a post on Gawker's web site, saying his bosses confronted him when he left a digital trail that made him "the only suspect" in their hunt. His name is Joe Muto and he is (or was) an associate producer at The O'Reilly Factor (which perhaps explains why he knows the intimate details of Bill O'Reilly's bathroom habits.) "I am a weasel, a traitor, a sell-out and every bad word you can throw at me... but as of today, I am free, and I am ready to tell my story." We bet you are, especially after catching wind of the potential for a six figure book deal.
Update 2:54 p.m.: This is getting exhausting. Fox News reiterated that they "know who it is" to Mediaite's Jon Bershad, and he adds, "It’s important to note that their first statement did not say that they had confronted or fired the person yet." Stay tuned, we suppose, for even more updates from this edition of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Media Gossip Blogger as Fox News closes in on the scurrying little mole in Manhattan.
Update 1:57 p.m.: The "mole" revealing Fox News's dirty secrets in several Gawker posts has just put a post up at Gawker saying, "If Fox has smoked me out, it's news to me. I'm still here." The plot thickens...