On the evening of February 3, 2010, I was struck by a State Department SUV while legally crossing a street in Washington, DC.

Less than 48 hours later, Media Matters for America published a hit piece calling me a liar.

(I’ve written about the accident in the past, so if you already know what happened, feel free to scroll down to the next section. This is for the newbies.)

After I was struck by the SUV — which had made an illegal left turn, slammed right into me, and spun me around in the air — I landed and skidded on my face. My glasses flew off, which turned out to be the least of my worries.