Beck was the first guy I thought of too, but WND did start covering this 5 months ago. Looks like WND was the pebble that started this particular avalanche. Kind of like that one post here on Free Republic that eventually led to Dan Rather getting fired.
WND never lifted a finger to research this. They used someone else’s.
Compare these posts/articles. Obama File had it on April 6 and it was crossposted with permission to:
RBO http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/loudon-obama-appoints-former-communist-to-white-house-green-job/.
The Obama File 72 “Obama Appoints ‘Former’ Communist To White House ‘Green Job’” by Trevor Loudon, posted April 6, 2009, on his blog, The New Zeal, is cross-posted at RBO with the author’s permission. Loudon’s first Obama File was posted January 12, 2008.
WND posted it as theirs almost verbatim almost a week later.
It sucks.
NEW ZEAL
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-file-72-obama-appoints-former.html
Monday, April 06, 2009
Obama File 72 Obama Appoints “Former” Communist To White House “Green Job”
WND
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=94771
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They never attributed Loudon, but WND is famous for using other people’s research and claiming it as their own.
It was Beck and all his researchers and watchdogs.
Just because someone says something doesn’t make them the one’s who brought this guy down.
Beck did ALL the heavy lifting on this. You won’t see them going after WND, they will be going after Beck.