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Re: It's Started Already - ABC News Apologizes for trying to link COLO suspect to Tea Party |
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Posted by Dave on Sat Jul 21 18:36:14 2012, in response to Re: It's Started Already - ABC News Apologizes for trying to link COLO suspect to Tea Party, posted by bingbong on Sat Jul 21 11:47:41 2012. No links...do I have to do your work for you? I'm not you - I don't pass off "facts" without first doing research and finding source material.From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drudge_Report#Sidney_Blumenthal_lawsuit "Sidney Blumenthal lawsuit In 1997, the Drudge Report reported that incoming White House assistant Sidney Blumenthal beat his wife and was covering it up. Drudge retracted the story the next day and apologized, saying he was given bad information." Also from the same wiki piece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drudge_Report#Ashley_Todd_attack_hoax "Ashley Todd attack hoax On October 23, 2008, Drudge published an unconfirmed exclusive story regarding Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old employee of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) and John McCain volunteer who had allegedly been attacked by a black male for having a McCain sticker on her car in Pittsburgh. Drudge reported the story without a link but as 'developing', titling the headline "SHOCK: McCAIN VOLUNTEER ATTACKED AND MUTILATED IN PITTSBURGH - "B" carved into 20 yr old Woman's Face". The story set off a "storm of media attention", being quickly picked up by many conservative bloggers and right-wing talk radio show hosts, all citing the Drudge Report as their source. It was also reported in newspapers and TV both in the US and around the world. The story was confirmed to be a hoax perpetrated by Todd and, according to Talking Points Memo, spread to reporters by McCain's Pennsylvania Communications Director. Drudge then printed a retraction of the story , including links to the news stories detailing that the attack had been a hoax and that Ashley Todd had performed a similar 'attack' on herself while volunteering in a local Ron Paul grassroots group. She was later asked to leave the group because of the hoax." There are several other sources for these as well; I'm just posting the wikipedia cites. And why do you keep bringing up Bretibart? Read my OP - I never said Breitbart retracted a story, only Drudge. Stop deflecting. |
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