[mhking]

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Wolverine]

Robert F. Martin, co-producer
Laurie Kirchner, co-producer

These people hoped to profit from their stupidity!

[OldFriend]

What this cretin did is no different than crying fire in a crowded theater. He must be indicted for causing public alarm or what ever charge covers this type of insanity.

[Sofa King]

For example: in the 2000 election as soon as Fox News called the election for Bush, the other networks followed before all the votes had been counted. This is another case of the media being caught with its pants down because it failed to find complete physical evidence before breaking a story, and they are attempting to shift the blame from themselves and onto us.

Maybe you should get your own facts straight before berating news organizations for being sloppy with their evidence. Calling elections before all the votes are in is common practice. The other networks had all called it for Gore before they called it for Bush. And, as it turned out, it was a correct call: Bush won the election.

[LouisWu]

I'm not here to defend this person.

Having said that, this piece seems to be suggesting the following sequence of events:

1. They made this video for 'fun' (or whatever, putting the considerable 'sicko factor' aside ATM)
2. It was uploaded to someone's server space and left there quietly as a private, unpromoted project
3. ME news outlets found/copied it, and began without verification to broadcast it as factual
4. Domestic outlets took it from their ME couterparts and in turn began harping it as factual, again without the inconvenience of any validation or genuine journalism.

I find this scenario to be entirely credible.

As much as I hate Hollywood, there are 2 movies from the 1990s which get my unoffical 'at least they're scratching the surface' award: Primary Colors and Wag The Dog. The missive above fits in with the Wag The Dog situation, and I tend to enjoy anything that shows the Presstitutes for the unethical opportunistic sensationalists that they are.

Again, I am not defending Mr. Martin, his actions, or the veracity of his statements. I chose not to discuss him at this time, and their would be plenty to be said there.

[weegee]

There is some FReeper suspicion that a banned poster named Beheadings1 who posted the story here but had no other history on his mid-July registered account was the same guy.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"For example: in the 2000 election as soon as Fox News called the election for Bush, the other networks followed before all the votes had been counted."

Isn't this a flat out lie?...