Thanks for your good work on this, Kristinn.
Not much to add, except that you have to wonder what they think their average reader's IQ is, when they claim to have been authorized by someone whose identity is unknown to them.
I noticed right at the start that they began to get worried about this business. In the first article they really came out swinging, but as soon as Freepers began to tear their story apart they really backed off and started being very careful.
They are still lying about NCPAC spreading rumors. Answering a private email isn't spreading a rumor, and on the public threads, NCPAC was very careful not to say anything out of line. Other Freepers with no inside connections mentioned the mayor's affair, which they said were widely rumored and had been reported in the press.
Yeah, there is precedent, baby. Dan Rather might remember. It is delicious to see them lie their way into a corner. Pass the popcorn.