Posted on 04/30/2015 10:46:32 AM PDT by kristinn
Good grief. Just about any post I read debunked that idiotic theory. No good deed as they say ...
Here is the mail I sent to the BS reporters soon after they posted their story
There then ensued a discussion that now has over 200 comments. Within an hour and a half, one of the posters, Conscience of a Conservative, had found out the facts of the matter; and he did not even have to visit the Court House.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284149/posts?page=144#144
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284149/posts?page=168#168
Perhaps you would wish to enlarge and extend your story to give full and proper coverage of Free Republic’s real investigative reporting?
Sincerely
Edit to remove Free Republic reference
I see that you have done this. But there is no mention, that I can see, that it IS edited - the time stamp is the same as when it was originally posted.
Man up.
Bump
And the lesson here is...?
humblegunner is prescient!
Looks like Freddie also used the aliases:
Freddy Gray and Eric Ray
according to the Court cases.
I actually commented that the thread should have been pulled, due to the absolute nothingness of the content. Turns out that it was good that it stayed up C O a Conservative to destroy it. A side benefit is for yet another exposure of shoddy journalism.
“But, I have witnessed my wife track people down who could not be reached. If the reporter REALLY wants to get a comment...they will get hold of the person.”
I recall former senator phil gramm years ago mention how a reporter called him in regards to ssome story about the senators finances. The reporter wanted an answer in 2 hours because of his deadline and gramm couldnt answer because he was in DC and all his financial papers were back in texas.
The leftists love to play these little games. Some version of reverse psychology agit-prop. Internet rumors found on some blog designed especially to obscure the truth. A diversionary tactic.
Remember the pictures of Trayvon shooting the finger? Well it wasn’t Trayvon. Remember the pictures of a bloody beaten Darren Wilson? Well it wasn’t Darren Wilson?
Disinformation is everywhere. But one thing is clear. This confuse and divide crap starts at the top. No one is better at lying and deceiving than one B. Hussein Obama. He, Holder, Sharpton and the media have lied and misled beginning in Sanford. Then on to Ferguson, NYC and now Baltimore.
They use these stories as an “Oh look, a squirrel” gimmick as they continue to inflame and incite racial hatred and violence.
AMEN.
I deplore knee-jerking. Even when I do it. But that blog served a purpose. and I too thank COAC for his due diligence in uncovering the facts.
If the mods had pulled the story - the leftists would have gotten away with their lies. But thanks to COAC nd many others - Free Republic once again was at the fore-front of true journalistic integrity.
kristinn, thanks for setting the record straight.
Thanks also for still being the FR media contact all these years. You have been a wonderful one.
“And the lesson here is...?”
Look both ways before you cross the street?
Eat your broccoli, there are starving kids in China?
5 bashes for a buck!!
Anything to get fireworks going off here .. And soon!!!
Thanks for the info!!!
FR does not “write articles”; it is a discussion forum.
People post articles from other sources as they wish, and may or may not post them as serious or not.
Context, always context.
They sure have their panties in a twist this week. A NYT reporter contacted me this week to ask how he had been erroneously included in the list of JournoList members that I published here five years ago.
I told him that I had no idea because it had been FIVE years but that I would absolutely research it and remove his name if it was an error. He proceeded to hurl insults about shoddy research and said that lapsed time was no excuse, etc.
I told him I would remove his name based solely on his word because I had done so with two others who contacted me back then. After I told him that, he still demanded that I correct it immediately because it had been in error long enough and “people are searching” now for information sourced to me at FR.
Finally, he tells me that someone confused “Bob Mackey” (who was on JournoList) with “Robert Mackey.” Then he said I didn’t fact-check anything. I guess the list of sources I included with the list doesn’t count. I told him I didn’t know who made the mistake, but I would look into it. Jim kindly edited the J-list thread for me. All happened in less than 24 hours.
So, when there is a legitimate mistake. We correct it ASAP. Can’t say the same for them.
Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the kind words, I do. But, if the bolded words are true, in reference to the work that FReepers did to debunk this story, then that is a damning statement about the state of journalistic integrity.
I spent maybe ten minutes pulling together my handful of posts on this story, and that included pulling screenshots, posting images, formatting posts, etc. That should not be at the "fore-front" of journalistic anything. That should be basic, lowest-common-denominator, due diligence that any journalist (or blogger) should dl before even deciding whether there is a story to report.
Well, I agree. Freddie was no loss. But I suspect, one way or another, that the PD will be found liable for his death, but I think it will be through negligence.
Regressives lie. All The Time.
WOW! Pretty stunning how they attempted to discredit FR once again...the media any more is all about pointing fingers and it really matters not to them who they blame as long as they have a story to run with...sheesh!
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