They're LURKING....
I read this quote from him earlier today...accept as I read it, it was part of a longer comment on his regret at the amount of trouble this has caused. In no way an attempt to bolster himself or "raise his stake" in any of this.
Context please NYT.
Add this link to the ones in the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun and then wonder why we are suddenly up to our armpits in trolls...
**waves to NYTIMES interns**
Someone tell Bill Keller his ramblings in the recent New Yorker article were hysterical.
They may be lurking, but they forgot to report that the Washington Post story is a BLATANT LIE.
Steffen did NOT "spread rumors on a conservative Web site that the mayor once had an affair with a television news reporter." In an earlier post of the Washington Post story, which the Times drew on for this article, it can be clearly seen that Steffen did NOT post the initial rumor and, in his replies to it, said NOTHING to confirm, spread, or in any way further the rumor.
If the Times reporters only skimmed this recent post, they may have missed this fact. But the recent post links to the earlier post, where the plain fact can easily be seen, since that earlier thread was very short.
In other words, the Times has now joined the Post in spreading a DELIBERATE LIE. These people are absolute scum, not worthy to be called newspaper reporters even by the crudest standards. All the materials are there on FreeRepublic, in these two earlier threads. It would take no more than 10 or 15 minutes of research to disprove the main contention of the Washington Post.
P.S. Someone needs to alert Drudge to the way the Post and the Times have lied about what was said on an internet news source, just as they lied about what Drudge initially said about Monica.
Someone also should alert Rush Limbaugh, Powerline, Little Green Footballs, and some of the other blogs. The MSM have been caught with their pants down AGAIN, but that needs to be made evident. They certainly won't admit it unless they are pushed.
It's a work day tomorrow and I have to get to bed. But this lying propaganda campaign needs to be cut off at the knees before they try to spread it any further.
PPS: Here's the thread on the Washington Post article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339150/posts
And here's the original thread. Check it out. You can clearly see that NCPAC didn't post the original inquiry about the rumor, and that his comments do nothing to further the rumor. This is the critical evidence that the Post and Times stories are false.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1190972/posts
Found This on the web:
WHAT IF : POLITICS : WHAT :
MAYOR O'MALLEY AND SADE BADERINWA HAD AN AFFAIR
important ballot by smiling_is_better
ACTIVE Jul 26, 2004 - Jul 26, 2005
They lie. Did the NY Times rehire Jayson Blair?
The original post on FR, not by NCPAC, simply was asking people to figure out what the truth was. Many, if not, most replies debunked, cast doubt upon, or did not lend credence to the rumors.
The media now has NCPAC feeding the rumor, but the facts of the Post story do NOT support that conclusion. Instead, NCPAC commented on the rumor and said that a lot of effort was made to float the story.
That effort to float the story could easily have been from Dem opponents of O'Malley or corporate lobbyists with non-ideological non-party reasons for opposing O'Malley.
NCPAC even praised a prior post that shredded the credibility of the rumor.
You can read the original thread itself by clicking here, but below are two posts that made it crystal-clear that NCPAC was NOT feeding the rumors. Otherwise, why would he praise velmacruther's highly skeptical post?
To: ElkiejgThis rumor has been around for over three years ... and the identities of the anchorwoman (and the affiliate) AND the alleged father change every few months. At least seven anchorwomen in Baltimore have supposedly had the mayor's kids, or a police commissioner's kid, or a local professional athlete's kids ... too bad "The X Files" was cancelled ... Spooky Mulder was probably the only one who'd pay any attention ...
10 posted on 08/13/2004 10:17:17 AM PDT by VelmaCrutherTo: VelmaCrutherWelcome to FR, VC.
Nice first post.
They're also lying. He didn't start the rumour, someone else posted it here.
Courtesy ping.
The whole d*** thing is ridiculous. I have yet to see any wrongdoing.
check out great 2/2002 photo of O'Malley and Sade on website mdsocietyforblind.org. Click on the children's event on home page.
Wrong target, honey.