September 03, 2009
Reality-Challenged Politics Daily Inverts Political Cannibalism Story
It really takes quite a pair to completely reverse the events and actors in an incident in order to promote the story you'd prefer, but Politics Daily seems up to the task, fabricating a story about a Move.org protester who had his finger bitten off at a California protest.
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It is particularly dishonest (or grossly incompetent) to completely reverse the actual sequence of events and identities of those involved in a story that has garnered considerable attention, but to do so after linking to those news sources and blogs that reported what actually occurred is particularly brazen.
Politics Daily has a problem with hitting "publish" first and asking questions later. My latest blog post at L.N. Smithee's REACTOR has a pre-scrubbing screenshot of Politics Daily writer Christopher Weber falling for the specious rumor of the pending divorce of the Palins.
http://lnsmitheeblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/sarah-palin-fires-warning-shots-at-web.html
Posted by: L.N. Smithee at September 3, 2009 12:55 PMPolitics Daily has a problem with hitting "publish" first and asking questions later. My latest blog post at L.N. Smithee's REACTOR has a pre-scrubbing screenshot of Politics Daily writer Christopher Weber falling for the specious rumor of the pending divorce of the Palins.
(Sorry about forgetting the quotation marks, CY.)
Posted by: L.N. Smithee at September 3, 2009 12:58 PMPolitics Daily seems like a daily version of The Nation.
Posted by: Steve at September 3, 2009 01:21 PMAnd you wonder why people don't trust the media?
Posted by: Matthew at September 3, 2009 01:43 PMFunny how in the comments the biter is cheered and lauded for defending himself against "the Obamathugs". Oops.
Posted by: Rolfe at September 3, 2009 02:02 PMMark Steyn interviewed a guy who claimed to have been next to the injured party. This witness also found the finger tip and found the injured man at a local hospital ER so it could be reattached.
His account is that the culprit deliberately walked across a busy street, leaving his pro O'care group, and aggressively confronted one of the smallest & weakest of the anti-O'care folks. The culprit got in the victim's face and appeared to want a fight. The two rolled to the ground and there was blood and a missing finger tip. The aggressor left and went back to the pro-O'care crowd where he was welcome but disappeared when police sought him out.
Posted by: chris at September 3, 2009 02:05 PMInitial reports had the story the other way 'round. Whoever "politics daily" is just hasn't gotten the update yet.
Posted by: But but at September 3, 2009 02:44 PMRemember, the flesh-eaters do not derive nourishment from your brains and do not require it. The central nervous system is running amok in a lifeless but animated husk. You must disable the central nervous system. Headshots are best but spinal destruction is a close second. Absent a shot to the centerline mechanical destruction of the limbs will at least keep them from pursuing you although even a severed head will attempt to get a bite in if given the opportunity. Be careful out there and remember that they are often quiet until they attack in the night.
Posted by: megapotamus at September 3, 2009 04:36 PMWho cares about the facts when you have The Narrative?
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at September 3, 2009 05:45 PMQuoted from and linked to at:
http://www.thecampofthesaints.com/2009.08.30_arch.html#1252011646146
Politics Daily is something on the AOL site.
Posted by: Jayne at September 3, 2009 08:14 PM
