[William McKinley]

I just posted this update to my blog:

Things are getting more interesting regarding the Terrance Wilkinson story.

Doug Thompson informs me that he did not sell that story to Japan Today. Japan Today got the story from Truthout.org. I had already exchanged emails with the editor of Japan Today, and was under the impression that the most they were going to do was print some denials by the White House, in tomorrow's edition.

I sent them the following email:

To: jteditor@japantoday.com

Subject: Re: "White House Admits Bush Lied"

I just had a bit of a dialog with Doug Thompson. I understand from him that you did not get the story from Capitol Hill Blue, but rather from "truthout.org".

That means 1) you printed a plaigerized story, and 2) it is a plaigerized story that is inaccurate in its headline and lead-in paragraph, and 3) it is a story containing quotations from a non-existant person.

How you handle this will speak to the integrity of your news organization.

Regards

So who is behind Truthout, and why are they plaigerizing false stories and pushing to get them peddled overseas? WHOIS information says the domain is registered to a Marc Ash of Los Angeles, California:

   Organization:
      Marc Ash
      Marc Ash
      767 S San Pedro St
      Los Angelos, CA 90014
      US
      Phone: 213-489-1971
      Email: admin@artfix.com

A brief Google search of Marc Ash suggests that he is not really interesting in getting the truth out as much as pushing leftist propaganda.

Which brings us back, again, to the story CHB broke before the Iraq war:

"Writers and broadcasters friendly to the Democratic cause have already been provided talking points... Capitol Hill Blue obtained a copy of the talking points... The talking points outline a strategy to raise public doubts of the President’s real intentions, including: ...--Claiming the Bush administration has “manufactured” evidence against Saddam Hussein and used that evidence to encourage Britain and other allies to join the American fight against Iraq;"

[unspun]

Kudos.

[habs4ever]

Could Mark Ash cash checks from ANSWER?

[William McKinley]

Marc Ash...

ASH ALERT!

lol

[cyncooper]

You, Mr. McKinley, have performed admirably these last two days. I am in awe.

Thank you.

[Dog]

Who is Marc Ash??

[MaeWest]

Ash Alert?

[Sabertooth]

Again, nice job. For those unfamiliar with the "work" of Marc Ash...

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[MJY1288]

"Doug Thompson informs me that he did not sell that story to Japan Today. Japan Today got the story from Truthout.org. I had already exchanged emails with the editor of Japan Today, and was under the impression that the most they were going to do was print some denials by the White House, in tomorrow's edition.

Here is a question..... Who owns the story, Truthout.org or Doug Thompson, if Doug is the author and didn't give permission to Truthout.org (Marc Ash) to re-print it, than Truthout.org should be in trouble with Doug huh?

[arasina]

You're good, William, really good.

[nopardons]

THANK YOU !

If my memory serves, this is NOT the first time Dough Thompson has written an articel ( which was also posted to FR ), wherein he has excorriated President Bush, heaped calumny upon him, and then , after many hundreds of posts to FR, supplied a lefthanded/ sorry excuse for an apology. It's bad enough that these articles appear on FR; even worse, is that newspapers pick them up and print them ...later IGNORING COMPLETELY the mea culpas and " correction ".

[Bullish]

Organization: Marc Ash
Marc Ash

ASH ALERT?

For the oldtimers here.