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The misadventures of Geraldo
Washington Times ^ | Friday, December 28, 2001 | R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Posted on 12/29/2001 12:08:29 AM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:50:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Geraldo Rivera is up to his old tricks again, namely, reporting falsehoods and bullying those who oppose him.

The falsehood this time is that he is to the Afghan war what war correspondent Ernie Pyle was to World War II, a blood and guts journalist wriggling under enemy fire with the GIs. The bullying this time is being perpetrated upon a Baltimore Sun reporter, David Folkenflik, who, according to Mr. Rivera, "is going to regret this story the rest of his career." The offending story exposed Mr. Rivera, once again, as a fraud.


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1 posted on 12/29/2001 12:08:30 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2, nopardons
A former ACLU attorney named Rivers! Ha. THAT explains him.
2 posted on 12/29/2001 12:08:30 AM PST by onyx
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To: JohnHuang2
Already posted here from a different source. You gotta love FR.
3 posted on 12/29/2001 12:08:33 AM PST by steveisright
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To: steveisright
Worthy of a duplicate ;^)
4 posted on 12/29/2001 12:08:35 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
A nice little pat on the butt goes to the Freepers who counseled us that Geraldo is now a decent guy doing a good job now that Fox hired him in spite of his terrible record. Fox should have known better. When Fox hired Rivera, they did the equivalent of hiring Jerry Springer in an attempt to make a credible reporter out of him. They missed badly.
5 posted on 12/29/2001 12:09:07 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I AGREE COMPLETELY EMB, that shot where he ducked was SO FAKE, what a JOKE he is..........
6 posted on 12/29/2001 12:09:10 AM PST by 4TheFlag
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