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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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1 posted on 09/23/2010 9:36:39 AM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

Too late. Someone owes Jim Robinson about $20 million.


2 posted on 09/23/2010 9:39:00 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: kristinn

That’s a retraction? More like reiterating with a nuance.


3 posted on 09/23/2010 9:39:21 AM PDT by kevkrom (De-fund Obamacare in 2011, repeal in 2013!)
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To: kristinn
Not much of a retraction. It makes it sound like Freerepublic is a conduit for child porn.
4 posted on 09/23/2010 9:40:11 AM PDT by avacado
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“Free Republic was not hosting it but being used to direct readers to an outside site that hosted it.”

Huh?


5 posted on 09/23/2010 9:41:23 AM PDT by nodumbblonde ("The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand)
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To: kristinn
CORRECTION: Originally, this story said Free Republic was hosting child pornography.

It still says that, the way I read it.

6 posted on 09/23/2010 9:41:53 AM PDT by houeto (Get drinking water from your ditch - http://www.junglebucket.com/)
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To: subterfuge

“Someone owes Jim Robinson about $20 million.”

Plus expenses.


7 posted on 09/23/2010 9:42:08 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone
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To: kristinn

Pretty weak ‘clarifications’ if you ask me. They still leave one wondering what happened and don’t explain that the guy admitted that he was trying to smear Free Republic by posting the filth. Especially the WP ‘clarification’.


8 posted on 09/23/2010 9:42:18 AM PDT by penelopesire ('Obama's Wars' are with our own military..Bush's Wars were with our enemies!)
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To: subterfuge

I agree.


9 posted on 09/23/2010 9:42:38 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: kristinn

Anyone pinged Jim Robinson about this? Is he aware of it? This is beyond the pale.


10 posted on 09/23/2010 9:42:53 AM PDT by piytar (There is evil. There is no such thing as moderate evil. Never forget.)
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To: subterfuge
“Too late. Someone owes Jim Robinson about $20 million.”

AMEN TO THAT! These days a mere unsubstantiated rumor of child porn or sexual impropriety is more than enough to forever besmirch a person's reputation. I say go get them Jim and make them PAY!!

11 posted on 09/23/2010 9:43:24 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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Any way to trace the posted link back to whoever posted it? John Cook maybe?


12 posted on 09/23/2010 9:43:38 AM PDT by RetiredNavy ("Only accurate firearms are interesting")
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To: kristinn

Not good enough.


13 posted on 09/23/2010 9:44:16 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: subterfuge

I’d say they owe Jim one Hell of a lot more than that. Twenty Mil is about what they owe each of us associated with this site as they are accusing/associating us individually with child pornography as well, and I want my share of that anus orifice that lied about us.


14 posted on 09/23/2010 9:44:36 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Jim Robinson

FYI.


15 posted on 09/23/2010 9:44:36 AM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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Trolls can make posts on FR containing links to anything they please (including kiddie porn) and it generally depends on eagle eyed readers to submit a complaint to the moderator about the post. But can’t this trick be played on almost any board open to public comments?


16 posted on 09/23/2010 9:46:05 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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AOL Owned Daily Finance Retracts Passage That Libeled Free Republic Over Child Pornography

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Nevermind!


17 posted on 09/23/2010 9:46:45 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: MichaelCorleone
subterfuge ~ Someone owes Jim Robinson about $20 million.

MichaelCorleone ~ Plus expenses.

Plus exemplary and punitive damages.

18 posted on 09/23/2010 9:47:00 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 611 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: subterfuge

Make it $ 200 million ......


19 posted on 09/23/2010 9:47:38 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: subterfuge; kristinn; Jim Robinson

New redundant Mega-Super Servers for FR and No more Freepathons... YEA!!!

LOL


20 posted on 09/23/2010 9:47:39 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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