Okay. Follow closely.You once again assume too much. Where did I say only Drudge ? All should have to spend more time on the retraction than the flawed origional story. Truth is the most important thing.
Okay. Follow closely.
We are talking about Drudge. I asked whether he (Drudge) linked to the story or wrote it. Your answer was "But does he link to the correction as prominently?"
That "he" there, since Drudge was the subject, was talking about Drudge.
But, as he asked, are they as prominently placed? When have you seen 20 pt Script screaming about a correction at the top of the page?Many newspapers have a policy of running a correction on the same page as the original story.
While a note is placed about "corrections" being available, almost nobody sees them or cares.
Many newspapers have a policy of running a correction on the same page as the original story.
Cool. Good to know. I've noted also that the story wasn't a Drudge original.And Drudge has a policy of running corrections and even doubt followup stories under the original. He did it with this story too.
oh look how mad they are that this won't pan out for them. wow
Cool. Good to know. I've noted also that the story wasn't a Drudge original.
I don't get what the whole "Teh Drudge is teh EEEEvills!!11!!!shiftplusone!!" was all about here. Just a snark for no reason, I guess. Somebody carrying a personal grudge of some sort.
It's top billing, at least 20 pt script on the top of Drudge that "SHE MADE IT UP!"...Drudge is the clearinghouse for Republican horseshit. In a rational world, this would have been a local news story. Instead, because Drudge made it the headliner on his website (and he did so for a reason), it became huge news. If one were to look into it, I bet the Joe the Plumber nonsense can trace its origins back to Drudge.
It's top billing, at least 20 pt script on the top of Drudge that "SHE MADE IT UP!"...
Also, the original story was from AP.
You can't get much further from "local" than that.
When I clicked the link, it was Breitbart and was credited to the AP.Uh, that's my point. And no, the original story was not from the AP. It was from a local Pittsburgh news station.
When I clicked the link, it was Breitbart and was credited to the AP.
Very Prophetic.also agree.
it's just that when i first read about it i felt very upset because i despise violence against women, and because i knew this would rear the black beast/white woman stereotype.
then when i stared at the picture i started to feel sick in my stomach because i felt i was seeing something else. imagine if someone hated black people so much that they would mutilate their own face to do this.
Wow just reading back on all this and SHE did everything you asked. Every single thing.I read the whole thread and wonder how many actually read the whole story?
It wasn't JUST the mutilation, she was beaten too, did she fake that?
She was ALSO robbed too, did she fake that?
That's a lot of shit to fake and I am certain at a bank there ARE security cameras and it doesn't take a genius to realize that her story is going to be verified very easily. This thread makes me kinda sick with lefties automatically believing the woman to be a fraud simply because they are harmed politically, very rash too given far more than a cut happened.
Somehow I missed this particular paragraph in you pre-hoax analogy of why, instead of racism, she chose to invent a black attacker. Give it a fucking rest already. This is one of the oldest racist tricks in the book. The big strong black predator assailing the diminutive flower that is white womanhood. She even at some point threw in some sexual assault to make the guy even more heinous. This was fucking race baiting plain and simple and it would actually give you more credibility to acknowledge that point, but you refuse to acknowledge any racism that is connected, no matter how tenuously, to the Republican party.No. I said (were this attack to be true) it is a fact that he does not like McCain because of something. I suggested that something. I have asked repeatedly for anyone else on here to suggest an alternate theory on why a criminal became enraged at seeing her McCain bumper sticker.
IF she did choose to make her assailant black it's IMHO more likely because 90+% of blacks vote against Repubs than because of racism, and that demographic breakdown of robberies committed includes black males in a higher percentage, thus making her story more believable. Again IF.
Obama like most Dems certainly is softer on crime, well except he wants to make those who use assault weapons criminals.
Hover over his "Issues" menu item and you will see more issues than I've seen any candidate put up there, yet crime is conspicuously absent...gee I wonder why.
http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/
And just in case there are doubts that it should be there, go here and look under "Issues":
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/