I’m glad to say FReepers called this as a hoax at the time. It was extremely obvious.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2948666/posts
What is surprising, is to visit the liberal sites and realize that these fake outrages have been so common, for so many years, that even a very sizable percentage of the liberals get away with posting a “wait and see” caution, without suffering too much abuse from other posters.
In regards to this story, which many of us were skeptical of from the beginning, I got the impression that the media was trying to milk it as much as possible before the truth could come out, I think even they realize that they had better jump on these tales and wring out whatever use they can make of them, before the other shoe falls.
Some were thrown off by the seriousness of Ms. Moffitt’s injuries. The fire thing was a tactical error.
I have kids who set things on fire all the time. It rarely turns out like they intended!