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Right-wing 'Zombie' taunts foes on the web
The Age (AU) ^ | 9-1-06 | Jo Chandler

Posted on 09/01/2006 8:34:02 AM PDT by veronica

WHO is the Zombie behind ZOMBIETIME?

He claims to be a "photoblogger" who lives in San Francisco. For fun, he attends protests by people of opposite political inclinations to his own — the extreme left. He turns their placards against them, takes photographs and posts the images on his site.

In this vein, his happy snaps of the 2006 World Naked Bike Ride are well worth a look. But recently he has turned investigator, challenging photo agencies such as Reuters over the alleged manipulation of images and — infamously — arguing that the bombing of an ambulance in Lebanon was a hoax.

Last month, another right-wing blogger ("Blonde Sagacity, the conservative that liberals hate to love"), claimed a rare interview with the Zombie, in which he chatted about his anonymity, his tricks to obtain pictures (sometimes the camera is hidden, sometimes he plays tourist), and his motivations.

"The anti-war movement is really an anti-American movement," he told Blonde.

"The media (try) to demoralise the country by portraying the anti-war movement as reasonable, widespread, and destined for victory. But in fact it is a hate-fuelled fringe movement that only maintains even a hint of credibility due to media misrepresentation. That's something I'm trying to correct."

Just how successful the Zombie has been in spreading the message is not clear. The site technorati.com — which measures the connections and mentions that build credibility in the web — show it as a low-wattage player.

Yesterday it had 955 blog posts, while Melbourne conservative Andrew Bolt had 4260, and the influential US Drudge Report more than 41,000.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: answer; canswer; commies; communists; gogogagetraygun; islamonazism; mediabias; notapeacemovement; pajamapeoplerule; protesters; usefulidiots; whywefight; zombi; zombie
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To: finnman69
I agree with you, especially when I saw all the face front shots of the guys. I question if they would have been so happy with a dude taking their pictures.

Of course, this was in San Fran....

41 posted on 09/01/2006 9:08:06 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: veronica


What's up with this guys fingers....not only is he naive and ignorant......he's also a mutant....
42 posted on 09/01/2006 9:14:29 AM PDT by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
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To: veronica

Operating out of San Francisco puts him in a target rich environment.

You can't swing a stick without smacking some wierdo.


43 posted on 09/01/2006 9:14:36 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: beaversmom

If he bends over will we see Gores face in the middle?


44 posted on 09/01/2006 9:15:03 AM PDT by linn37 (Have you hugged your Phlebotomist today?)
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To: USArmySpouse

Heck, a Reuters employee sent a death threat to Little Green Footballs.

The Islamonazis play for keeps.


45 posted on 09/01/2006 9:15:51 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: veronica

zombie rocks bump


46 posted on 09/01/2006 9:16:32 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: veronica

"Zombie" ( http://www.zombietime.com ) should certainly be thanked for his hilarious photojournalism on the wierdness that is Berkeley, and the World Naked Bike Ride, and all that.

But along with the folks at http://www.ProtestWarrior.com we have Zombie to thank for documenting the shadowy elements of the antiwar movement, such as the Communist Party organizers directing media photo-ops ( http://www.zombietime.com/sf_rally_september_24_2005/anatomy_of_a_photograph/ ) and the executive participation of the North-Korea-linked Stalinist group, A.N.S.W.E.R., which both organizes, publicizes and contributes placards, posters and banners to these protests. Though this article below ends on a snide note dismissive of Zombie's influence on the basis of "blog posts" compared to those earned by Drudge and Andrew Bolt, the fact is that Zombie is on the battlefront documenting events first-hand and pulling the curtains back to reveal the covert actors propelling the fringe Left. His influence far exceeds any metric based on web hits. Besides, he doesn't provide fresh content everyday, as Drudge and Bolt do.


47 posted on 09/01/2006 9:17:14 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: Cacique

btt


48 posted on 09/01/2006 9:17:29 AM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: SF Republican

If we called him a "Whistleblower" it would get the liberals attention.


49 posted on 09/01/2006 9:18:33 AM PDT by griswold3 (Ken Blackwell, Ohio Governor in 2006- No!! You cannot have my governor in 2008.)
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To: Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

One of his best was his showing how the MSM (which zeroed in on a protestor's face) intentionally cropped out the uniformed communists that were directing the protest.

50 posted on 09/01/2006 9:20:35 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: beaversmom

whats the guy in the blue helmet staring at?

51 posted on 09/01/2006 9:23:59 AM PDT by edzo4
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To: PigRigger
What's up with this guys fingers....not only is he naive and ignorant......he's also a mutant....

No kidding, that's creepy. Either there's alien DNA involved, or... as Ned Beatty's character commented at the beginning of Deliverance: "Talk about your genetic deficiencies...".

52 posted on 09/01/2006 9:26:49 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: SoftballMominVA
Some of the most ugly people I have ever seen,if not THE ugliest!Must be a qualifier prerequisite to attend.I am not ashamed at my penis size after viewing those pics!
53 posted on 09/01/2006 9:31:10 AM PDT by xarmydog
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To: xarmydog

Those were some of the smallest penises I have ever seen or imagined. Not that I've seen a whole lot mind you, but enough to know that you can't butter with a toothpick baby.


54 posted on 09/01/2006 9:32:28 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: veronica

The mere fact that this article was written means that Zombie has done more damage than the Lefto-commies are letting on. GO ZOMBIE!!!!


55 posted on 09/01/2006 9:54:05 AM PDT by unionblue83 (Duty is ours; consequences are God's. -- Stonewall Jackson.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Ergo..Liberals should not be allowed to roam free.

>;o)


56 posted on 09/01/2006 10:08:02 AM PDT by NickatNite2003
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To: MeanWestTexan
I think I know it. Are you talking about the step-by-step photos moving out to finally show a female wearing a Mao hat, or commie outfit, and directing several protestors? He has several like that, but I do remember "Madam Mao" above the others.
57 posted on 09/01/2006 10:21:49 AM PDT by roostercashews
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To: edzo4

"whats the guy in the blue helmet staring at?"

Not much.


58 posted on 09/01/2006 10:35:33 AM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.........)
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To: finnman69
I read zombie is a 'she'.

Zombie has been identified as female on LGF, and also to me personally by another conservative San Francisco counter-protester.

59 posted on 09/01/2006 10:58:28 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: veronica
Just how successful the Zombie has been in spreading the message is not clear. The site technorati.com — which measures the connections and mentions that build credibility in the web — show it as a low-wattage player.

What they don't understand is that Zombie gets linked from places like free republic, little green footballs, powerline, michelle malkin and tens of other blogs, who put most of his post on their websites/blogs.

This causes a exponential increase in those who know what's being posted on Zombie's site. Those who may not actually visit Zombie's site.

60 posted on 09/01/2006 11:06:01 AM PDT by eyespysomething
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