DNC: flag story completely false (Fox Noise, the GOP and the RW are despicable liars)

[ProSense]

McCain Plays the Cameron Card

According to a article just out from Huffington Post, the story about flags from the Democratic National Convention being thrown away is simply false. The story was jumped on and apparently authored by the McCain campaign. But the real tell is down in the Huffpo piece where it traces the story to none other than Fox News' Carl Cameron.

Longtime readers of TPM will remember that back in October 2004 this site caught Cameron publishing a series of fabricated quotes attributed to John Kerry on the front page of the Fox News website.

After I placed a series of calls to Fox News inquiring about the story, the story was eventually pulled, and Fox was forced to issue an apology and retract the fabricated story. Fox spokesman Paul Schur told TPM: "Carl made a stupid mistake which he regrets. And he has been reprimanded for his lapse in judgment. It was a poor attempt at humor."

Why anybody would believe anything this joker says is difficult to fathom. But he's good enough for McCain.

[zanne]

1. I just love it when they call vicious smears "jokes". nt

[1corona4u]

2. Unreal..

sick fucks.

[Epiphany4z]

3. Is it just me or...

are they starting to look desperate?

[kansasblue]

4. YES! you know my Republican friends would have eat that up!

'yeah... but what about the flags!'

I would have never got a word in.

I'm so happy it's a nothing.

[Quixote1818]

5. They will run with this for one day then pull it but now 40 Million dumb asses think it is true

their mission was accomplished.

[AspenRose]

6. Yep

It's a distraction meant to keep Dems on the defensive and from talking about real issues. Like a hit and run attack you're left to clean up.