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Kill Him accusation NOT TRUE
| Thu, 10-16-2008 - 5:39pm |
I just heard on our local news station that the accusation of someone yelling Kill Him at a Palin rally has been found to be untrue.


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Fortunately, the reality of this particular claim - that the Scranton, PA shout of "kill him" is unfounded (true) - rather misses the point. Sadly, NO! is all over it:
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We Demand A Correction, Etc.
It’s been a day since our avatar of fact-checking and investigative ‘citizen journalism,’ Mr. Confederate Yankee, was fooled by a totally fake, made-up, and does-not-even-exist news service into publishing this.
It’s been about half a day since we pointed that out to him, both here and in a polite comment on his site — which he deleted, failing to make any correction at all to the story, and so on down the exact line of behaviors that he routinely and without irony accuses the ‘liberal MSM’ of doing when they print something that contradicts the unbiased reporting of Republican dupes, quasi-fascist Internet cranks, and screaming talk radio hosts.
Anyway, that was half a day ago, so it’s about time for another flaming catastrophe, chez Yankee. Let’s see what he’s gotten himself into this morning.
Unfortunately, many also know in their shriveled hearts that the notorious, original “kill him” incident, as reported by Dana Milbank in the Washington Post, happened on Monday, October 6, in Clearwater, Florida.*
Confederate Yankee must do what is right and resign the editorship of Confederate Yankee. We await his urgent reply, etc.
* Update for the purpose of clarification: There have been two distinct incidents in which a McCain/Palin supporter allegedly shouted “kill him,” allegedly in reference to Barack Obama.
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Your local station is lying and/or misinformed. They
I'm not sure where you stand - do you think it's true - that "Kill him" was not yelled & someone dubbed it in & spread it all over the news?
Sorry but that is not the news that is aired here in my state.
No, sorry that isn't true.
>>And waste their energies on national enquirer crap? <<
Like the majority of McCains ads?
>>Why don't celebrities challenge stuff like this? Because it's not worth the time or energy to disprove such garbage?<<
Celebrities will work whether or not they are wearing underwear, even if they are having affairs, or in rehab: but they will never be the leader of the free world.
I agree with the OP, if the audio was enhanced it would be white on rice (or flies on dog___ in the case of McCain attack ads)
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