OmmmSweetOmmm
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Fri Feb-29-08 07:14 AM
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The Today Show does not out Drudge, after Drudge outs Prince Harry. |
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Matt Lauer only reports a blogger revealed that Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan.
But Drudge was widely reported as the source for the photo of Obama wearing traditional Somalian garb.
Hmmmmmmmm...
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malaise
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Fri Feb-29-08 07:17 AM
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1. The sourse was an Australian web site |
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Drudge reposted it and claimed it -fugging fraud.
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OmmmSweetOmmm
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Fri Feb-29-08 07:19 AM
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2. The Australian website reported it a month ago, and no one noticed it. When Drudge reported |
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Edited on Fri Feb-29-08 07:19 AM by OmmmSweetOmmm
it, amazingly everyone listened.
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Fri Feb-29-08 07:54 AM
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Edited on Fri Feb-29-08 08:07 AM by CJCRANE
As someone agrees with me!
I wonder if it was a set-up with Drudge playing the patsy to release information (as NYT, Al-Jazeera, Murdoch press have done in the past).
Harry had been there for 10 weeks already and the interviews and footage of him was already done. All in all it was a great story for the British Royals and the war effort in Afghanistan.
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Fri Feb-29-08 08:00 AM
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4. lol! I was just thinking along similar lines! Today Show had shown a montage of |
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Edited on Fri Feb-29-08 08:02 AM by OmmmSweetOmmm
Harry in Afghanistan. I was going to post that shortly, along with a :tinfoilhat:, and that Drudge was doing his job of being a tool, in outing Harry as PR.
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Fri Feb-29-08 08:06 AM
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5. Why give Smudge any publicity at all. |
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I say don't even mention the rumor mongers name. The greatest insult is to ignore someone. :dem:
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Fri Feb-29-08 08:10 AM
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6. In this case, I think it was more protecting Drudge, than not giving him credence. |
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As I said in my OP, they did give him full credit of that photo of Obama.
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Fri Feb-29-08 08:15 AM
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7. Maybe they're embarrassed by where they get their news? |
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I'd be embarrassed if it became obvious that what little news I reported came from a source like that.
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