Yesterday afternoon, the Examiner’s Leah Fabel first reported that Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham planned to introduce legislation today that would allow D.C.’s bars and restaurants to serve alcohol until 5 a.m., and to keep doors open 24-hours per day, between Jan. 17 and Jan. 21 to accommodate inauguration tourists. We then linked to it in our end of the day roundup. D.C. Wire posted its own version this morning. Then about an hour later, D.C. Shadow Representative Mike Panetta posted the following message to his Twitter feed:

DC Council extends “last call” to 5 am during inauguration week. Sounds fun, but I’ll be happy to stay awake past midnight 🙂

The Council had yet to vote on Graham’s proposal, and Panetta was surely nowhere near today’s legislative session since he has his own day job to attend to, but that didn’t stop Famous DC from linking to Panetta’s Twitter feed as a source of news about the Council’s action on this legislation. Politico’s gossip blog, Shenanigans, then picked up the Famous DC post, and Wonkette did the same.

The whole thing got so out of hand, Panetta was forced to take down his previous Tweet and replace it with the one above. Note to Washington bloggers for the future: Mike Panetta’s Twitter feed, while a pleasure to read, is not a source of D.C. Council news.