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| Busted! Obama praise planted in U.S. newspapers |
| 2010-01-26 |
| Obama supporters are flooding unsuspecting newspapers with pro-Obama letters purportedly from average citizens -- with duplicate messages appearing in more than 70 publications across the nation. One writer identified as "Ellie Light" has published identical form letters in newspapers around the country, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. Light claims to have different hometowns within the respective newspaper readership areas. Each letter is nearly identical in grammar, style and subject. Light's letters have appeared in many mainstream publications, including Politico.com, the Washington Times, USA Today and even Thailand's Bangkok Post. |
| Posted by:logi_cal |
| #9 There was an article on this at the Mudville Gazette (it's the impossibly skinny article on the left, at least on my browser), and someone claiming to be Ellie Light responded. A previous commenter noted that the real scandal wasn't that dozens of identical letters has been sent, but that they'd been published. It's hard to get a letter published. What was so special about this one that it got published dozens of times? "Ellie" replies that her letter got published because it was all thinky and stuff. Try it! ...signed Ellie J. Light... Another Mudville commenter wondered if Ellie's middle initial was D. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2010-01-26 18:07 |
| #8 The latest, as well as the best comments on the matter http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/01/26/citizen-journalists-get-to-the-bottom-of-ellie-light-deception/ |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2010-01-26 15:51 |
| #7 I dated here in High School, she was expelled for copying off someones paper in class. ;-) |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-01-26 15:31 |
| #6 "No, I'm the real Ellie Light!" "No, I'm |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2010-01-26 12:48 |
| #5 An insult to bird cage liners everywhere. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-01-26 11:55 |
| #4 I've lived in or around Baltimore for 27 years and this is the first time I've run across the Baltimore Chronicle. I looked at their web page and it looks like excerpts from Indymedia. I can go another 27 years without running into them again, thankew. |
| Posted by: Fred 2010-01-26 11:01 |
| #3 What do you EXPECT from Barack Hussein, considering where he comes from? or for that matter, what do you really expect from Democrats? I mean, really. They ARE Democrats, you know. ACORN, ring a bell? SIEU waiting for you in the alley? That sort of people. How about Nancy Pelosi's smile? Or Harry Reid's charm? They will if they can. They will if they can. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard 2010-01-26 09:51 |
| #2 Bird cage liners the lot. I get my news along with 'free and balanced' analysis on the Burg. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-26 08:43 |
| #1 Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2010-01-26 06:55 |