Posted on 07/05/2009 10:43:03 AM PDT by kristinn
File this under: It ain't braggin' if it's true.
This weekend, Free Republic won a battle in the political and cultural wars over Sarah Palin by exposing an article published by the Huffington Post that mockingly attacked the Alaska governor and her infant son Trig over Trig being born with Down syndrome.
The exposure by Free Republic went viral to Twitter, Newsbusters and Hot Air (includes screen grab) as well as numerous blogs. The Huffington Post pulled the article within hours and issued an apology. The author of the piece of work, Erik Sean Nelson, issued his own apology via e-mail and on the Huffington Post. His claim that he pulled the article himself within ten minutes of it being posted at 6 p.m. EDT Friday, July 3, 2009, is belied by the Huffington Post editor who said it was pulled by HuffPo editors after they became aware of the brewing controversy and by an advocate for the disabled, Patricia E. Bauer, who wrote of seeing the offending article on the Huffington Post at 6:52 p.m. EDT.
A diarist at the Daily Kos wrote an entry late Friday evening Pacific Time with an accurate headline, Huffington Post gives in to Free Republic over Palin article, that provoked chaos at the Daily Kos all weekend.
Here's an excerpt of the piece as originally posted Friday evening:
by The Sheeping of America
Huffington Post gives in to Free Republic over Palin article
Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 09:59:34 PM PDT
On this one article it seems like Huffington Post pulled the piece because of Free Republic.
Palin Will Run in '12 on More Retardation Platform
Freepers state that they forced Huffington Post to take down and article by Erik Sean Nelson titled "Palin Will Run in '12 on More Retardation Platform"
Now I did not see the article but when you go to the link for the article, there is no article at all.
SNIP
Freepers are happy that they were able to get Huffington Post to take this article down. Sorry to link to Freepers site
That posting resulted in over a hundred comment, many of them attacking the poster and demanding he pull his article down immediately.
The Sheeping of America or a Daily Kos moderator later changed the title to Huffington Post, Free Republic and a Palin article.
On Saturday, The Sheeping of America posted a groveling apology of his own to the Daily Kos over his article about Free Republic forcing the Huffington Post to pull that offensive article:
I just wanted to apologize to any Kossacks that were offended by the diary that I posted yesterday.
There were a lot of calls to delete the diary and perhaps I should have deleted it right away.
The diary was never meant to offend anyone or pit Huffington Post against Free Republic, because of course Huffington Post would win every time.
Also, I did not mean for any Kossacks to feel under attack or believe that the diary would be used against the Kos community. This was my error and I apologize.
(Well, too late for that....) The apology goes on to talk about how "strong" the Kossacks are and concludes (I kid you not) with You Tube videos of Anita Baker singing "I Apologize" and Elton John singing "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word".
Of course this posting prompted a call for the apology to be taken down:
DELETE THIS DIARY (2+ / 0-)
Recommended by:Clem Yeobright, JVolvo
This is going to destroy Daily Kos.
The Freepers will quote from this and accuse us all of being whining little apologists who can't stand by our convictions.
Delete it now I tell you.
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by KingOneEye on Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 12:51:14 AM PDT
Well, he got that right.
Oh yeah, and how much you want to bet Huff Po starts to crack down on the articles allowed on their site.
If they are going to be allowed to question the President as a press representative, then they are under the same responsibility as the others.
I’d admire your “high road” approach. But I’ve not seen that work any over the last decade.
LOL! Reminds me of the old MAD magazine, "It Ain't Braggin' If It's True Department."
Sarah is a warrior, and in turn we need to have her back. I'm trying to do my part with my liberal friends who just can't help themselves with their idiotic Palin Derangement Syndrome. (Luckily, I have much more in common with my lib friends than politics and I love them, really. But PDS is PDS.)
Seriously, Kristinn, you are one of the true shining lights here on FR. I'd have gone completely nuts without FR. I salute your efforts in general and admire the heck out of you.
I can’t find an email here either, but you might find it interesting.
http://ktuu.images.worldnow.com/images/incoming/Release_for_7-4-09-1.pdf
I totally agree. Of those you list, only Clarence Thomas really fought back... now he’s SCOTUS for life. mwaa-haa-haa!!
////quote//// The condition is also called “Down’s Syndrome” because it was an English doctor with the last name of “Down” who classified the condition.
////end quote////
At the Special Olympics I read a newsletter or other publication where they said that they actually preferred it to be called “Down Syndrome” now. I’m just telling you what they said.
I don’t understand, personally, why they said that. Also, I don’t understand why they made it sound almost like it would be _better_ to call it “Down Syndrome,” as if the possessive (traditional) phrase had almost been offensive. If my memory serves me correctly.
I think I prefer the traditional way.
Thanks, that’s interesting .. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that before.
I agree - I like the traditional version better too.
There does appear to be a correlation between the Democrats and discrimination and ridicule against the defenseless. And it’s things such as this that brings the Obama Special Olympics joke right up to mind.
That was my first thought.
Bingo-fuel, pally. For later read. Take care, bud .......... FRegards
What I want to know is what were on the commments after that article? Were they denouncing then?
bttt
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