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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Some time ago a story spread that Harry Reid's facial injuries were a result of a fight with his brother.  A Las Vegas man is reporting that he made up the story to see if he could fool right wing blogs into running it. He succeeded in getting the Power Line blog to run his story:

http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/apr/26/big-lie-las-vegan-watches-his-reid-tale-takes/

Once the story appeared on Power Line, it spread throughout the Internet. It was even reported on DCUM as fact:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/459299.page#6739431

The follow-up posts to that post are worth reading in retrospect as a bunch of posters pontificate about how t[b]his (false) story demonstrates a pattern of dishonesty on Reid's part[/b].

I have repeatedly criticized the right wing puke funnel in which blogs run rumors which then make their way to more serious press. The guy who made up the story told those to whom he pitched it that he was using a fake name. None of them bothered to confirm his identity or collaborate the story. He even ended up as a guest on Laura Ingraham’s radio show.

Like so much that comes out of the puke funnel, the Reid story will probably never die. It will be interesting to see how many times in the future the it will reappear.
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Does he really need another story? C'mon LOL[/quote]

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