Arianna has not "caught" people in a faux sting and edited video footage to make people look guilty.
True, but ISTR that Breitbart mostly serves as a pass-through himself. I'm sure Huffington doesn't fact-check everything posted on HuffPo, either.
Congratulations to Ethan!
Also, why would you tell someone who's had chronic migraines for years that it "might have to do with your diet?" Do you think they're a moron? Seriously?
ita, it's clear to me from talking to Betsy that people are very ill-informed about migraines and assume that you are too, even though you're the one who has them.
I just came in here to get the take on the Weiner ish.
I'm puzzled as to how Breitbart got hold of the pics.
Allyson,
Weiner meant to DM them on twitter, but they went out on his public twitter stream. Another follower picked it up.
Amy,
It is one thing to not fact-check what other people are writing on your site and it is another to knowingly perpetuate lies.
True, but ISTR that Breitbart mostly serves as a pass-through himself. I'm sure Huffington doesn't fact-check everything posted on HuffPo, either.
Sure, but he continues to "pass through" long after things have been thoroughly and publically debunked.
(I don't know that I'm convinced his role is so passive, but that's more than I can speak to right now while I try to get out of the office.)
Note: I'm not a huge Arianna fan and I'm dismayed with the Aol merger stuff, but Breitbart is evil. He really is.
I'm puzzled as to how Breitbart got hold of the pics.
Apparently one of the women he was "corresponding" with mentioned the exchange to a Republican friend, who suggested she contact Drudge and Breitbart. ABC has an interview with her. [link]
Weiner meant to DM them on twitter
Seriously? Seriously? Does he have no sense of how precarious public office is?
I'm torn as to whether I'm more appalled by the sliminess or the stupidity.
Breitbart might be evil, I just meant that neither he or Arianna (and I should have said "someone like Arianna") aren't journalists in the went to school for it, passed through the reporter trenches, blah blah, but definitely fall into the realm of journalism now, slimy or not.
My original point was simply how weird it was that he wound up onstage speaking before Weiner came out.
You know, I really don't CARE about politicians sex lives; what matters to me is the pure lying, sneaking and horribly ineffcient cover-ups that showcase a certain lack in the intellect department.
