Posted on 05/21/2007 7:19:06 AM PDT by a_screen_name
The Web is a great way to deliver information, but it's also a great way to expose, spread, or jump-start a scandal. A United States senator once said it, so it must be true: The Internet isn't a dump truck, it's a series of tubes. And many a reputation has gone swirling down those tubes, thanks to the Net's ability to expose scoundrels, scalawags, liars, cheats, and fools--and then broadcast the scandal to a billion glowing screens. The Net's biggest scandals are nothing if not democratic, touching everyone from the most ordinary individuals to the highest office in the land. Not everyone deserved the notoriety. Some were hapless victims of privacy breaches; others were exposed by hackers or misguided crusaders. But in almost every case, somebody ended up getting fired, sued, or mortally embarrassed.
(Excerpt) Read more at tech.msn.com ...
Number 3 is Rather-Gate and Free Republic is credited along with LGF and Power Line.
"But shortly after 60 Minutes host Dan Rather revealed the documents' existence in September 2004, the gun blew up in his face. Conservative blogs Free Republic, Little Green Footballs, and Power Line questioned the authenticity of the documents--specifically, whether a 1970s-era typewriter could produce the superscript th and curly apostrophes found in the four memos. Instead of focusing on where W actually was when he was supposed to be serving with the National Guard in 1972, political bloggers immersed themselves in the arcana of typewriter fonts--and the mainstream media followed suit."
This statement is asinine! "Instead of helping us to nail Bush, political bloggers evaluated our bogus "evidence"."
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Fake but accurate!!!
Instead of focusing on where W actually was when he was supposed to be serving with the National Guard in 1972, political bloggers immersed themselves in the arcana of typewriter fonts...That's like criticizing an defense attorney for attacking an uncredible witness's obvious lies rather than focusing on his client's alibi.
-Eric
No the hell they didn't!!!!!!!!!!
I remember the afternoon when Rathergate broke: I signed on to FR about 10 minutes after Buckhead’s post. Bringing down Danno’s empire of lies and media BS was a very, very exciting time.
Good first post!
Dan Tynan ought to be asking where Lucy Ramirez is.....
DAAHHHHH!!!! I searched for it and found nothing. Sorry for the dupe.
Switching back to lurk mode.
Not one person at SEEBS brought this up beforehand?
Or, is/was the agenda from the Left and the board thinking the general population was truly that dumb and ignorant?
This coupled with the same meatless headed types elected officials now 'running our government' is beyond me.
I was going to reply in the comments section but you had to sign up. When they asked what was missing, I was going to put “objectivity”.
First time for me to read this, so thanks.
You did a great job posting.
I guess the lesson is: don’t get your political insights from PC magazine!
Please remember if you post something that has been posted before please ignore the people that seem to take delight in pointing out that it is a repost....I doubt any of us repost on purpose, sometimes you do a search and it does not come up...
Drudge got a link and Freepers didn’t? Typical MSN.
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