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Concha: When Gawker Goes the Dan Rather Route
Mediaite ^ | May 6 2014 | Joe Concha

Posted on 05/06/2014 10:52:56 AM PDT by PoloSec

Let’s say you had a juicy story to tell…

A story that could be potentially damaging to a powerful entity you deem to be discriminatory to a particular group of people…

And in putting together your story, you build its entire foundation on a specific account…

Except…that account turns out to be proven as 100-percent false.

Do you still stand by your story? Or do you retract said story and apologize for the error?

If you’re one online publication, you neither retract nor apologize. Instead, you double down on nothing

(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gawker; jktrotter

1 posted on 05/06/2014 10:52:56 AM PDT by PoloSec
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To: PoloSec

What!! Shepard Smith is a homo?!?!?!?!


2 posted on 05/06/2014 11:02:46 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

After reading the story I still don’t know..............

I guess only his hair dresser knows for sure.......................


3 posted on 05/06/2014 11:20:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: PoloSec; Constitution Day

4 posted on 05/06/2014 11:42:08 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: PoloSec

Shepard Smith is a pickle-smoker?


5 posted on 05/06/2014 11:46:05 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: PoloSec

“I believe you can lie about any number of things and still be considered an honest person.” — Dan Rather


6 posted on 05/06/2014 1:27:45 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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