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-Short Attention Span Theater-

Great Adventures in Mainstream Media Fact-Checking, #247

2007-08-24

Greg Pollowitz, National Review Media Blog

"Dont let this guilty plea fool you, Vick is innocent (like OJ)"

That's the title of a supposed Al Sharpton blog post being linked to by MSNBC.com. MSNBC reporter Alex Johnson writes:

But at the same time, Sharpton argued that the prosecution of Vick was overkill.

"If the police caught Brett Favre (a white quarterback for the Green Bay Packers) running a dolphin-fighting ring out of his pool, where dolphins with spears attached to their foreheads fought each other,
[It would be cooler if the dolphins fought sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads, but that's beside the point.]
would they bust him? Of course not," Sharpton wrote Tuesday on his personal blog.

"They would get his autograph, commend him on his tightly spiraled forward passes, then bet on one of his dolphins."

It's going to take a long, long time for Johnson to live this down. The Al Sharpton blog post he's linked to is a parody site.

UPDATE: MSNBC has issued a correction:

An earlier version of this article quoted from a blog entry purportedly by the Rev. Al Sharpton. MSNBC.com has determined that the blog is a hoax. In July, Sharpton signed a letter with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals condemning dogfighting, saying: "Dogfighting is unacceptable. Hurting animals for human pleasure or gain is despicable. Cruelty is just plain wrong."

No, it's not a hoax. The blog is clearly labeled as a parody site. MSNBC has scrubbed the link from their correction so readers can't see how easily they were duped.

Posted by:Mike

#7 Master of Tense?

Do you mean the past tense or the pretense?

Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-24 23:54

#6 How it is that Martin Luther King died so prematurely and Al Sharpton has managed to live for so long will forever remain an eternal mystery.

Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-24 23:52

#5 At one time in the past, a high school diploma meant something. Today, a college diploma [in journalism] meant something

MT: Master of Tense?

Posted by: Frank G 2007-08-24 22:09

#4 For a given value of "something", Procopius2k. ;-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2007-08-24 21:45

#3 At one time in the past, a high school diploma meant something. Today, a college diploma [in journalism] meant something.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-08-24 12:39

#2 More like the underpaid 'research assistant' in a windowless room in Mumbai...

Posted by: Pappy 2007-08-24 10:24

#1 Funny blog!

Amusing that MSNBC's correction confuses hoax and parody. Hoax, parody. Metaphor, simile. Lays, lies. Journalism be hard!

Hey, if it is any consolation to you all, reporters get paid for these bone-head errors, unlike you and me who just look like morons.

Posted by: SteveS 2007-08-24 10:02

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