National Review: ABC News FABRICATED Ashcroft "Cover the Statue's Breasts" Story!!

National Review ^ | February 25, 2002

[arepublicifyoucankeepit]

Bump! I thought that story was "fishy" the first time around.

[Matchett-PI]

Maybe we should ask snopes.com if this is an urban legend making the rounds on the internet and request that they investigate it. :)

I would be wonderful to have it debunked as a matter of record at their web site. Maybe we should try and have ALL the lies the media pedals debunked as urban legends at snopes. :)

BTT

[PJ-Comix]

Could you post a DIRECT LINK to this story? I couldn't find it from the page you linked to. I would like to contact the author of this article and refer him to the true inspiration for this fabricated statue breasts story (Yours Truly---See Reply #34 above).

[mindprism.com]

But there has been a nasty tendency of the libertarians (not all) to use that when referring to devout Christians.

Those who wish to enforce the dogma of their religion through law deserve criticism no matter what their denomination. Maybe not all "fundamentalists" seek to do this, those who do not should ignore the criticism or support the critique. Unfortunately not all agendas are self-evident on either side, nor do all issues fall cleanly into a catagory.

For instance, I believe government forced charity is a religious tenet and beyond the proper scope of government in a free country.

[Timesink]

Could you post a DIRECT LINK to this story?

There isn't one. I typed it in directly from the magazine, and only linked to the National Review web site so the FR software wouldn't yell at me.

The column has no byline anyway. You'd just have to email them and ask to have your message directed to whoever's in charge of the "The Week" section.

[PJ-Comix]

You'd just have to email them and ask to have your message directed to whoever's in charge of the "The Week" section.

Thanx. I think I'll do that. I might also have to contact ABC News about this and take the blame. After all, Beverly was just taking my advice on spicing up her stories with a little too much enthusiasm.

It sounds like Bev and I will have to meet for dinner (on the ABC News expense account) so I can advise her on how to spice up her dull stories without getting herself into trouble again.

[Lazamataz]

Used Car Salesmen.
Whores.
Lawyers.
Politicians.
Drug Dealers.
Homicidal Maniacs.
Satanistic Sacrificers.
Pedophiles.
Mass Murderers.
Genocidal Leaders.
Journalists.

[Lazamataz]

Tell me why Bush is asking congress to back off investigating 9/11 and why some folks had prior knowledge apparently.

Michael Rivero and you should get together. He thinks the Jews did it. Perhaps you two could write a book.

[PJ-Comix]

Don't be too hard on Ms Lumpkin. She is just crazy in love with ol' PJ and it led her astray (see my reply #34).

[Lazamataz]

She is just crazy in love with ol' PJ...

Let's face it, Peej -- who ain't? ;^)

[PJ-Comix]

Is that what got Rivero banished? I was wondering what the cause of his banishment was.

[PJ-Comix]

Let's face it, Peej -- who ain't?

True but normally PJ love doesn't cause a fabricated story to circulate widely in the media.

[FourtySeven]

I think you're right on with your analysis. Another classic example of media bias. I don't think it's worth the bother of FReeping her though; she'd just brush such action off as the actions of "conservative right wing nuts with too much time on their hands". Indeed, right in her article, she states in a separate paragraph that it wasn't Ashcroft that did it.

I think it's worth keeping note of however. I've already bookmarked the original and your post as rebuttal. I can't tell you how many times I've run across people that still claim Ashcroft is a "prude". I think the original article by Lumpkin is the most valuable; it shows that even from a liberal source as ABC News, Ashcroft didn't do what everyone thought.

Good catch!

[PJ-Comix]

Another classic example of media bias. I don't think it's worth the bother of FReeping her though; she'd just brush such action off as the actions of "conservative right wing nuts with too much time on their hands".

Hey, watch what you say about MY woman! Check out my Reply #34 to see why Ms Lumpkin wrote her story. She was so blinded by love for Yours Truly that she got carried away. Ms Lumpkin knows me well from my previous frequent postings about her on the ABC News Message Board and also from my many "Lumpkin Alerts" on this forum.

Before my many Lumpkin postings, no one really knew much about Beverly. I was the one who brought her notoriety. However, ever since early last year I pretty much ignored Ms Lumpkin. What happened is that early last year she did an absurd report about how Ashcroft (GASP! SHOCK!) prayed in private and I raked her over the coals for that silly report on this forum. As a result, she toned down her stories to please her PJ but since her subsequent stories became so utterly boring I had to ignore her. However, when I recently gave her permission to spice up her stories again, she went a bit overboard because she was so blinded by love.

[FourtySeven]

LOL! Thanks, I needed a good laugh. ;)

If you and her do go out to dinner, do you think that you could ask her about the media bias? That would be something I'd like to see her write about. ;)

[PJ-Comix]

Just to make sure Ms Lumpkin gets my message, I also posted it in the ABC News Message Board HERE with a link to this thread.

[Demidog]

No conspiracy necessary. The fact that Bush is asking Congress to lay off is public knowledge.

[Dat]

Where is it "public knowledge".

[Dat]

Yep, and none of them have the decency to retract their statements. They spread false rumors about their foes and they call themselves the principled ones.

[Demidog]

I believe it has been posted here even. There are something like 13 committees looking into the events of 9/11. But let's move on. Let's not drag this out. Wouldn't be "good" for the American people. Of course not.