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A Fake Expert and a Phony Think Tank Fool Bloggers and the Mainstream News Media
But most of Eisenstadt’s victims have been bloggers, a reflection of the sloppy speed at which any tidbit, no matter how specious, can bounce around the Internet. And they fell for the fake material despite ample warnings online about Eisenstadt, including the work of one blogger who spent months chasing the illusion around cyberspace, trying to debunk it. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie - via Willie Bido (t)
I think had the media in general not been so (by their own admission) prejudiced toward the Democratic candidate this fellow might have been spotted as a faker sooner. Alas, lets face it the media and main stream press wanted this all to be true, and lapped it up unfiltered. In the last year journalism has not distinguished itself with objectivity. Perhaps if the sports announcers like Kieth Oberman and Chris Mathews found other lines of work, the news industry might benefit immeasurably.