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.
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Allyson - Jun 06, 2011 12:56:48 pm PDT #11609 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
le nubian - Jun 06, 2011 1:01:42 pm PDT #11610 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
brenda m - Jun 06, 2011 1:02:56 pm PDT #11611 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
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.)
le nubian - Jun 06, 2011 1:05:21 pm PDT #11612 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Note: I'm not a huge Arianna fan and I'm dismayed with the Aol merger stuff, but Breitbart is evil. He really is.
Ginger - Jun 06, 2011 1:05:26 pm PDT #11613 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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]
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2011 1:06:20 pm PDT #11614 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Weiner meant to DM them on twitter
Seriously? Seriously? Does he have no sense of how precarious public office is?
Ginger - Jun 06, 2011 1:08:26 pm PDT #11615 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm torn as to whether I'm more appalled by the sliminess or the stupidity.
Amy - Jun 06, 2011 1:08:32 pm PDT #11616 of 30001
Because books.
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.
Strix - Jun 06, 2011 1:11:22 pm PDT #11617 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
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.
Allyson - Jun 06, 2011 1:19:41 pm PDT #11618 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm torn as to whether I'm more appalled by the sliminess or the stupidity.
I've struck a nice balance between the two on the "appalled-o-meter."