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Katie Couric to Manti Te’o: Is this a gay thing?

Allahpundit — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:51:10 +0000

“No, far from it. Far from that.”

Via Mediaite, she’s not coming at this out of the blue. TMZ posted a story this morning accusing alleged hoaxster Ronaiah Tuiasosopo of having, ahem, “intense feelings” for Te’o and of “channeling” those feelings through the female persona of “Lennay Kekua.” How far did the channeling go? Pretty far: Hoax mastermind Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, posing as [...]

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Report: Alleged hoaxster confessed to friend that he duped Manti Te’o

Allahpundit — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:31:18 +0000

"He told me that Manti was not involved at all."

If you’re following the story, the six-minute ESPN clip below is obligatory. The two people interviewed on camera, Vaosa and Tuioti-Mariner, should be familiar: They were the ones who were tweeting about Lennay Kekua being a fake two days before Te’o himself allegedly found out. How’d they know when he didn’t? Because, if they’re to [...]

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Video: Manti Te’o told media his girlfriend died of cancer two days after he allegedly knew it was a hoax

Allahpundit — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:03:49 +0000

Uh oh.

It’s interesting to me how some of my friends think this is a giant yawn of a scandal and others are hanging on every twist. If you’re in group one, no need to read further. If you’re in group two, click the image below and watch. Is this the smoking gun? The detail that he [...]

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Bonkers: Tragic story of Notre Dame linebacker’s dead girlfriend appears to be … a giant hoax; Update: Te’o issues statement

Allahpundit — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:10:55 +0000

Sympathy.

Normally I’d stick a non-political link in Headlines or the Greenroom but odds are good that this is the most gripping, mind-bending post you’ll read on the Internet this year. You don’t have to know or like college football to follow it. If it were a movie, it’d be “Vertigo,” not “Rudy.” I’m not even [...]

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