E&P: New WaPo Blogger: OK, Coretta King Was Not a Communist, My Bad

[DeepModem Mom]

New 'Wash Post' Blogger: OK, Coretta King Was Not a Communist, My Bad
By E&P Staff
Published: March 23, 2006

NEW YORK For the past two days, as E&P observed yesterday, the world has learned more about Ben Domenech than it, and surely he, thought it ever needed to know, thanks to the detective work of liberal bloggers. The creator of the new, and already controversial, Washington Post conservative blog, Red America, has already been targeted for dismissal by two liberal activist groups, MoveOn.org and Media Matters for America. Conservatives have hailed the Post's hire.

Among the allegations is that he posted a number of inflammatory statements under the name "Augustine" at the site he co-founded, RedState.org. In one of them, he called fellow Post blogger Dan Froomkin "an embarrassment" and "leader of the hack." In a posting at his new Washington Post blog this afternoon, he admitted that he was, indeed, Augustine, and apologized for calling Coretta Scott King a "Communist" on the day after her recent funeral.

Here is the post:

"Two clarifications for the many folks who have risen up in force to attack the existence of this blog (I appreciate the attention, by the way).

"Some people have taken issue with an old two-line comment of mine on RedState.com where I referred to Coretta Scott King as a Communist on the day after her funeral. Coretta Scott King was many things, and her most significant contribution was the unflagging support of her husband in his own noble work to bring equality to all Americans.

"She was also a liberal activist on a number of issues, including same-sex marriage and abortion. The thread where my comment appeared discussed President Bush's attendance at Mrs. King's funeral, which was criticized by some for its political nature. My comment questioned the president's decision to attend the funeral after he had phoned in a message to the March for Life, the largest pro-life rally and a significant annual event. Mrs. King participated in many different political causes, some of which involved associations with questionable people, but referring to her as a Communist was a mistake, hyperbole in the context of a larger debate about President Bush's political priorities. Mea Culpa."...

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002235453

[tularetom]

1. In other words

"before I got this gig with the post I was able to be honest about how I felt. Now that people with IQ's above their shoe size are actually reading my posts I guess I'll have to chill a little bit and skip the red meat shit. But you still know what I'm talkin about (wink wink nudge nudge)."

[DeepModem Mom]

2. You got it!

[Old and In the Way]

3. that's a real "old" 2 line comment.

I hope he'll ruminate some more on how federal judges are like the KKK....

[Rose Siding]

4. No "mistake"- it was hateful "RedState blog speak, which is all

little ben will bring to the Post.

[Hissyspit]

5. He's a liar AND a plagiarist, apparently. n/t

[Rose Siding]

6. I've never laughed so hard.

Tears running down my face. GOD I love The Internets

Atrios link, for those who haven't heard-

http://atrios.blogspot.com/

[brentspeak]

10. There seems to be a connection between young Cons and plagiarism

First, there was Ann Coulter:

http://www.coulterwatch.com/files/BW2-009-Plagiarism_Trap.pdf

Then, there was Monica Crowley:

http://www.slate.com/id/1003470/

And now there's this latest born liar Domenech.

[killbotfactory]

7. Good ol' racist propaganda takes a while to die

I guess...

[ChristianLibrul]

8. ...but Bush is a communist

Neocons are Leninists.

http://notinmybible.blogspot.com

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. Shorter Ben: I'm Sorry I Got Caught

I hope the WP gets a meltdown for this.

[The Roux Comes First]

11. How about recruiting Chomsky for a WaPo blog? Balance and all. n/t

[WhiteTara]

12. welcome TRCF

:hi: