The Raw Story is a left-leaning news an politics weblog founded in 2004. Updated continuously, it is known primarily for its speedy investigative reporting. In addition to breaking news, Raw Story has pointed out fraudulent and manipulated news stories carried by other web sites, such as the Drudge Report. The Raw Story currently covers daily local, world and economic news and publishes its own editorials and investigative pieces. Raw was the first US media outlet to publish the Downing Street memo, an account of secret meetings between US and UK officials in the lead-up to the Iraq war, and the first to reveal the Iran-related work of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson.