Posted on 08/30/2010 9:12:45 AM PDT by kristinn
The Huffington Post has pulled an article published this morning targeting Glenn Beck with a $100,000 bounty after news of the threat was broken on Free Republic.
The article, titled $100,000 For Glenn Beck's Sex Tapes has been replaced with the following message:
Editor's Note: This piece was published directly to the Huffington Post by its author. It didn't meet our editorial standards and has been removed from the site.
The URL for the pulled article reflects the title: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beau-friedlander/100000-for-glenn-becks-se_b_698724.html
The author of the threat, Beau Friedlander, is the former editor-in-chief of Air America.
Here is the text of Friedlander's call for information to destroy Beck:
It is time to pop the tea baggers' favorite balloon (so what if it will be replaced by another?), and with that in mind I hereby offer to negotiate a $100,000 payday to the person who will come forward with a sex tape or phone records or anything else that succeeds in removing Glenn Beck from the public eye forever. I am not offering the cash myself, but I will broker the deal and/or raise the money for what you bring to the table. (And it better be good.)
If you have the goods, or if you want to contribute to a slush fund to buy more takedowns (probably not tax deductible), please contact me at: glennbecksextape@gmail.com.
The Free Republic article was posted at 9:19 a.m. EDT, and was immediately picked up by several Tweeters and bloggers who used the Free Republic headline without attribution or just plain stole the article from FR.
The news about the Huffington Post threat reached critical mass when it was reported by Newsbusters.
Free Republic has proven yet again that its value in the conservative blogosphere even as FR enters its 14th year online next month.
If the page was down earlier it’s back up again, and it STILL has TWO tweets on it advertising the HuffPo piece soliciting for a Glenn Beck sex tape.
Correct, it came back shortly after I posted and I stated the same thing you did about the two links still on the page on another thread...Thanks...
Are we talking about the Feds? Yeah, they've done such a bang up job on the Black Panther voter intimidation investigation.
Wise up folks. We are very close to a third world banana republic in as much as we have any genuine federal law enforcement in matters where the opposition is the victim.
EAGLES UP !!!
Indeed !
Superb work my FRiend. Very nicely done.
hahahahahahhh..............
“editorial standards” and the HuffPuffPo in the same sentence...that’s funny!
Eva Mendes Sex Tape (it's okay to click)
Bttt.
Gotta love them FReepers!
All your media are belong to us !
I must admit, I had a blast signing up this email address for as much spam as I could find. 26 year old male fresh out of MBA school. Total smart aleck.
I wonder when tehy’ll quietly put it back up.
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