PC World: Top 10 Internet Scandals of All Time (Free Republic & Rathergate)

via MSNBC ^ | 6 FEB 2007 | Dan Tynan, PC World

[VeniVidiVici]

Still had to get their digs in on Dubya, though.

That's why it's called "PC" World.

You didn't really think it had computer stuff in it, did you?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

FR had "Courage!" then! : )

[nutmeg]

LOL!

[Recovering_Democrat]

11. The still on-going scandal wherein some people are led to believe MSNBC and its affiliated web site is journalism and not a political hack machine for liberal Democrat party operatives.

[Recovering_Democrat]

You have a link to that report? I'd like to read it...RD

[VOA]

bump

[Recovering_Democrat]

What was that scandal?? I don't remember it.

[fruitintheroom]

Wasn't there a fake Army Ranger here awhile back?

[Raycpa]

The real story is not the ones we know about, it is the ones that never surface because of the fear of us.

[darkangel82]

Yep, speed_addiction, who got zotted.

[Redleg Duke]

I don't know how to find it.

[avg_freeper]

Who was the guy who posted grammatically questionable narratives about his wife, kids, dogs, cats, goldfish, and pet rocks all horribly dieing?

It was later shown to be a hoax.

[radiohead]

Thanks for reminding me. I actually saw that piece of garbage. You're right, it would be hard to get away with that level of outright lying today.

[Bigg Red]

I see that Dick Morris is gearing up to make this and next year a great expose on Hillary's misdeeds (as if we've forgotten...but clearly most Americans have forgotten). I hope he ends up "Swiftboating" the old hag next year.

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I hope he does also.
And I have new challenge for the FR Pajamhadeen:
Find out how much money Hitlery has actually given back to persons/entities that she later was forced to acknowlege were not appropriate sources of campaign contributions. Remember all of the promises that she would return donations? Was this actually done? I doubt it.

[avg_freeper]

I just remembered. It was bogdan.

[Marie Antoinette]

Nope, an obscure Quidam reference. He was always very... cryptic. LOL!

[LadyDoc]

Instead of focusing on where W actually was when he was supposed to be serving with the National Guard in 1972, political bloggers immersed themselves in the arcana of typewriter fonts--and the mainstream media followed suit.

So the fact that Rather was using forged documents to smear the president shortly before an election is not important. We bloggers only argued about fonts. But fonts are like DNA: Hard evidence that they were forgeries, whereas analyzing signitures, finding the letter was written in non Army style etc. are only matters of opionion, like finding fingerprints near a crime scene.

[Bob J]

Not only that, they listed FR first.

[Bob J]

Uhhh....ya. A sad chapter in FR history. It spawned the "anti-freepers" that are still active today.

Thanks Connie.