Oops
While the mainstream media has been transfixed with the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend story, it seems many outlets in the gullible liberal media were biting on another hoax, this one involving Florida Gov. Rick Scott and a band of Satanists supposedly set to stage a rally expressing their support for the Florida Republican.
Among the journalists taken in by the fake story was MSNBC’s Martin Bashir, who could not wipe the devilish grin off his face as he reported what he thought to be a legitimate news story on his January 14 program, in a segment entitled “Dread Scott.”
“Yes, the Satanic Temple in Florida is organizing a rally next week to support Mr. Scott for signing a 2012 law that essentially would allow student-led prayer in school,” Bashir explained, adding that “We spoke to one of the Satanists today about why they support the law” and that the spokesman, one Lucien Greaves, explained “that the law would prevent the marginalization of Satanism and other smaller religious groups and lead to, quote, a boom in religious diversity.’” …
Besides Bashir, the left-wing e-rag Gawker took the bait. Ditto with Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post.
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All seven people who watch Bashir’s program devastated.
Nethicus on January 18, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Dunning-Kruger with a dash of confirmation bias, served up hot.
tom daschle concerned on January 18, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Martin Bashir is a third-rate hack.
bluegill on January 18, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Who needs fact checking when you have a liberal approved narrative that trashes a Republican. Run with it!
conservative pilgrim on January 18, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Martin Bashir… that’s all you need to know.
lexhamfox on January 18, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Layers of editors. Layers.
BDavis on January 18, 2013 at 11:30 PM
What’s the big deal? This story is just as accurate as the others he spews.
RoadRunner on January 18, 2013 at 11:57 PM
Yahoo News is largely a joke. Most of their writers cannot be bothered to proofread their articles and/or there doesn’t seem to be any editors in filtering them. Instead it’s sloppy slap-dash to get it as quickly online as possible.
Oh, and Yahoo News has paired up with ABC, so there’s lots more slop added now.
Logus on January 19, 2013 at 12:07 AM
Stay classy, Leftists.
visions on January 19, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Was it really an oops? I believe they do this crap on purpose.
Socmodfiscon on January 19, 2013 at 8:29 AM
Hahahahahaa….douchebag libs. (I know it’s redundant.)
St Gaudens on January 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Come on people, it’s the seriousness of the charge that matters.
roy_batty on January 19, 2013 at 9:08 AM
How do we know that Bashir was not aware that it was a hoax, and he simply thought he could get away with pushing it? Why should such a hack get any benefit of the doubt?
slickwillie2001 on January 19, 2013 at 9:15 AM