This story is another example of sloppy NewsMax reporting. Consider the heart of the allegation:
> Just then Kerry - in front of the school children, other visitors and Secret Service agents - brazenly 'flashed the bird' at Sampley and then yelled out to everyone, "Sampley is a felon!" <
Who's doing the relating here? We're not told. Sampley's quotes have run out, it's not him talking. This is simply the writer talking, and we don't know what his sources are. Where are corroborating witnesses? Or, for that matter, the attempt to get the other side of the story from the Kerry camp? NM really has to tighten up its standards. If they would do so they would have far more impact, as more people would come to trust them.