What was the source for the Free Republic thread?
It’s still here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284149/posts
The Fourth Estate is what the article says.
here’s my comment on the original thread:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284149/posts?page=178#178
quite frankly, the mods should be more diligent about pulling crap like the original post; it makes FR look bad.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284149/posts?page=144#144
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284149/posts?page=168#168
The bogus tale was expertly researched and debunked within an hour and a half of it being posted.
Big props to Conscience of a Conservative. The Baltimore paper did a half assed job.