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AOL Owned Daily Finance Retracts Passage That Libeled Free Republic Over Child Pornography
Thursday, September 23, 2010
| Kristinn
Posted on 09/23/2010 9:36:38 AM PDT by kristinn
The AOL-owned site Daily Finance this morning retracted a passage in an article that falsely stated Free Republic hosted child pornography.
The article was about reporter John Cook leaving Yahoo News to return to Gawker. Included in Cook's reasons for leaving, according to Daily Finance reporter Jeff Bercovici, was that Yahoo would not allow him to write about Free Republic "hosting child pornography." The Salon.com article that was linked to support that claim actually stated that Free Republic did not host child pornography.
The offending Daily Finance passage now reads:
"... On similar grounds, he was prohibited from writing about the conservative website Free Republic being used to promote child pornography*..."
A correction added to the end of the article states:
CORRECTION: Originally, this story said Free Republic was hosting child pornography. According to the Salon article that I linked to, Free Republic was not hosting it but being used to direct readers to an outside site that hosted it."
Link to article exposing AOL's libel of FR posted last night.
Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post, who picked up the Daily Finance story last night, posted a clarification this morning. A request for a correction has been made to Nicholas Carlson at the Business Insider who also repeated the false statement by the AOL's Daily Finance.
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To: subterfuge; kristinn; All
121
posted on
09/23/2010 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(0bama has LESS experience than did Jimmy Carter, guess how THIS train wreck is gonna turn out, eh?)
To: Right Wing Assault
Precisely what I was thinking as I posted.
Thanks for your response.
122
posted on
09/23/2010 12:38:09 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Oratam
When did John Cook stop beating his wife? When he started fighting back.
123
posted on
09/23/2010 12:51:11 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
To: Tijeras_Slim; lwd; kristinn
124
posted on
09/23/2010 1:02:16 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: kristinn
125
posted on
09/23/2010 1:41:46 PM PDT
by
Karliner
(Now this is not the end. .... But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning, Churchill 1942)
To: piytar
YES, Jim was pinged the other day
126
posted on
09/23/2010 2:07:42 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(There are Indian Reservations in the US LARGER than Israel. Leave Israel alone!)
To: kristinn
did they ever say how FR was being used/by who to direct users to exactly what site???
127
posted on
09/23/2010 3:28:15 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Demian
that violates the terms of use... seems he's liable
128
posted on
09/23/2010 3:31:45 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: a fool in paradise
129
posted on
09/23/2010 3:54:06 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Throw Them Out! Forward With Confidence!)
To: Nickname
There was an article today about a guy in England put kiddie porn on a guys computer whose job he wanted. He’s serving i think 12 years for the scam.
130
posted on
09/23/2010 4:44:57 PM PDT
by
wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
To: rlmorel
Well said, rlmorel!
The last thing I need is someone trying to tie me to a kiddie porn site...LOL
Actually, I would not like to have to discuss it with a person who thought they had the better of me in a Conservative discussion.
131
posted on
09/23/2010 5:01:47 PM PDT
by
3D-JOY
(Doris says: When you get a Geithner signed 1$ bill write in a red sharpie "tax cheat" over his name!)
To: kristinn
Every member of this website has been personally slandered.
I expect an $apology$.
132
posted on
09/23/2010 5:15:00 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: kristinn
If ever a website existed where its denizens would beat the he** out of a child pornographer, FreeRepublic is it.
I can’t help but take this a little personally. I hope JimRob goes for the jugular.
133
posted on
09/23/2010 5:31:09 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: 3D-JOY
Agreed...the whole thing is a setup, designed to keep conservatives from being able to discuss issues.
This is a non-issue, as the republic burns.
134
posted on
09/23/2010 7:21:58 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Puritianism is the fear someone is having fun. Liberalism is the fear someone is making money...)
To: kristinn
A0L has a lot money.
That will buy FR a lot of servers.
135
posted on
09/23/2010 8:34:18 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
(Life in Prison: The RINO compromise to "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death")
To: Demian
Somebody wrote this comment on the Business Insider story: “This guy [John Cook] is pretty slimy. He admitted in his Daily KOS journal he added kiddie porn links to profile pages on the website ‘Free Republic’ to play a game and test how long they would last. He then wrote an article accusing the site of hosting those links.. Real slimy fella.” isn't promoting illegal acts of violence against children for the purpose of malicious libel a felony ? domestic terrorism ?
136
posted on
09/23/2010 9:48:56 PM PDT
by
KTM rider
( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
To: MarineBrat
If ever a website existed where its denizens would beat the he** out of a child pornographer, FreeRepublic is it. I can?t help but take this a little personally. I hope JimRob goes for the jugular.
I agree. Its as if they have slandered all of us. I can't imagine any true FReeper tolerating a pervert for a split second! And I certainly wouldn't be a part of such wickedness! Go get em!
137
posted on
09/23/2010 10:42:50 PM PDT
by
Lil Flower
(The destruction of America: It's a "big f*ckin deal"~to me!)
To: kristinn
AOL's a crap ISP to start with, which is why I've never had them. Even so, what I was thinking was a simple suit of $18 million would (at $90,000 per quarterly Freepathon, and adjusted accordingly for inflation and cost-of-living increases) put us in such good stead as never to need another 'Thon until Q1, 2061.
Of course, taking them for all they've got? Can you say 45th Century?! Sure ... I knew you could, right after we shut 'em down on general principles for peddling seventh-rate ISPs and software.
138
posted on
09/24/2010 12:04:58 AM PDT
by
Category Four
(Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
To: kristinn
Please let us know if FR is satisfied with the retraction and this is the end of the story or if there will be further updates.
To: rabidralph
140
posted on
09/24/2010 3:47:59 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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