Calling out Drudge on McCain volunteer's attack lie

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Calling out Drudge on McCain volunteer's attack lie

The tale of the McCain volunteer who made up an attack is sad -- both for what she personally is going through and for what it says about our culture and media.

First, to do what 20-year-old Ashley Todd allegedly did shows she is in a bleak, bleak place. Here's hoping she gets the help she needs and folks leave here alone so she can.

~snio~

Let's do the media math: White woman/McCain supporter + attack + large black man/Obama supporter = HUGE HEADLINES on the Drudge Report. SHOCK: MCCAIN VOLUNTEER ATTACKED AND MUTILATED IN PITTSBURGH...'B' CARVED INTO 20-YEAR OLD WOMAN'S FACE... DEVELOPING..." No mention that it was an ATM robbery or that the "B" part of it was unconfirmed. Fox News followed quickly as did local TV.

Talking Points Memo said the McCain campaign's Pennsylvania communications director told PA reporters an "incendiary" version of the story "well before the facts of the case were known or established -- and even told reporters outright that the "B" carved into the victim's cheek stood for "Barack," according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions."

more:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=31930