Ashley Todd attack hoax On October 23, 2008, Drudge published an unconfirmed exclusive story regarding Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old employee of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) and John McCain volunteer who had allegedly been attacked by a black male for having a McCain sticker on her car in Pittsburgh. Drudge reported the story without a link but as developing, titling the headline SHOCK: McCAIN VOLUNTEER ATTACKED AND MUTILATED IN PITTSBURGH - B carved into 20 yr old Womans Face. The story set off a storm of media attention, being quickly picked up by many conservative bloggers and right-wing talk radio show hosts, all citing the Drudge Report as their source. It was also reported in newspapers and TV both in the US and around the world. The story was confirmed to be a hoax perpetrated by Todd and, according to Talking Points Memo, spread to reporters by McCains Pennsylvania Communications Director. Drudge then printed a retraction of the story, including links to the news stories detailing that the attack had been a hoax and that Ashley Todd had performed a similar attack on herself while volunteering in a local Ron Paul grassroots group. She was later asked to leave the group because of the hoax. Drudge Report is virtually a Fake Conservative website owned by Matt Drudge who also used to employ conservative pundit and writer Andrew Breitbart who talked at many CPAC events during his life with the Republican Party before his death but he did get to start up his on right wing conspiracy news website with almost similar views of the Drudge Report reportings called Breitbart.....
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:04:48 +0000
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