When Gateway Pundit quotes Free Republic, you know the truth is going to lose
April 13, 2010 5:01 pm ET by Eric Boehlert
And it did!
But if you think Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft is ever going to correct this lie, even after Michelle Malkin has called out the claim as being bogus, you simply don't understand how portions of the far-right blogosphere work: You just makes stuff up. Period.
Gateway Pundit's fact-free claim was that a young GOP fundraiser and her boyfriend were "savagely beaten for wearing Palin pins" over the weekend in New Orleans. And what was Gateway Pundit's source for the "Palin pins" scoop? That bastion of journalism, Free Republic.
SNIP
I am the photographer for the LA GOP and I was at the Brennan fundraiser. When I left about one hour or so after all 3 of the governors left the crowd of protesters had grown. The were very nasty, signs were vulgar using the “F” word. As I left the restaurant I was yelled at – there was a family visiting the restaurant with a baby stroller – they had nothing to do with the fundraiser and they were being heckled using the “F” and “MF” words.. A couple of them made comments to me.
Thanks, Eric