CBS: ‘Controversial’ Miss California May Lose Crown

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Harry Smith and Lisa Bloom, CBS At the top of Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez teased an upcoming segment on the possibility of Miss California, Carrie Prejean, losing her crown over some racy photos: "And will Carrie lose her crown? Suggestive photos of the already controversial Miss California hit the internet. Are they a deal-breaker?" Later co-host Harry Smith similarly declared: "More hot water for Miss California. Millions heard her pageant answer, controversy that ensued about that. And now she may be adding the word 'former' to her title. We'll tell you why."

Prejean became "controversial" when she expressed her opposition to gay marriage while responding to a question from Miss USA pageant judge and liberal gay blogger, Perez Hilton. On April 21, the Early Show gave Hilton the opportunity to continue to attack Prejean, while failing call him out on vulgar insults he used against the beauty contestant. On May 1, Rodriguez went after Prejean for reportedly getting breast implants paid for by pageant organizers: "...this time it isn't about her views on gay marriage, but rather, about her figure...She said those were her real feelings. But now it appears something about Carrie Prejean may not be so real."

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On Wednesday, Harry Smith began the latest CBS story attacking Prejean by exclaiming: "More trouble for Miss California. She already made waves when she was at the Miss USA pageant. Now she could lose her crown all together." Correspondent Ben Tracy reported: "CBS News has learned that Miss California USA officials are considering stripping Carrie Prejean of her title. They say she may have violated her contract by posing semi-nude when she worked as a teenage model and also by working, without pageant permission, for a group opposed to gay marriage." Tracy later cited Prejean’s response: "Prejean says the fallout over her remarks has made her the victim of, quote, ‘intimidation tactics that seek to undermine my reputation.’" With its slanted reporting on the issue, the Early Show has certainly been a part of those "intimidation tactics."

Following Tracy’s report, Smith spoke with CBS News legal analyst Lisa Bloom, who went line by line through Prejean’s Miss California contract. Smith asked: "So can she lose her crown?...Does the pageant have a stiletto heeled leg to stand on?" Bloom replied: "They've got her cold, Harry, if they want to fire her, they can fire her. I've taken a close look at her employment contract, so let's go through it." If only CBS had done this much investigative journalism on Barack Obama when he was running for president.

While Bloom’s legal reasoning was sound, based on the exact wording of the contract, there was no discussion of whether or not the unusually intense scrutiny of Prejean was fair or if that scrutiny was based on her gay marriage views. Instead, Smith concluded the segment by saying to Bloom: "Talk about due diligence. You did you your homework, I'm impressed."

Here is the full transcript of the segment:

7:13AM TEASE:

MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ: And will Carrie lose her crown? Suggestive photos of the already controversial Miss California hit the internet. Are they a deal-breaker?

7:30AM TEASE:

HARRY SMITH: More hot water for Miss California. Millions heard her pageant answer, controversy that ensued about that. And now she may be adding the word 'former' to her title. We'll tell you why.

7:36AM TEASE:

SMITH: Alright, here's my question. Could you name the woman who won the Miss USA contest?

RODRIGUEZ: I don't even remember what state she's from.

SMITH: Exactly right, because the one that got all the publicity was Miss California. We're going to tell you why she, that -- Carrie Prejean – may be stripped of that title as well. When we come back.

7:39AM SEGMENT:

HARRY SMITH: More trouble for Miss California. She already made waves when she was at the Miss USA pageant. Now she could lose her crown all together. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Miss California, Carrie Prejean.

BEN TRACY: CBS News has learned that Miss California USA officials are considering stripping Carrie Prejean of her title. They say she may have violated her contract by posing semi-nude when she worked as a teenage model and also by working, without pageant permission, for a group opposed to gay marriage.

CARRIE PREJEAN: I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that's how I was raised-

TRACY: Prejean says the fallout over her remarks has made her the victim of, quote, 'intimidation tactics that seek to undermine my reputation.' As for the photo, she says it was taken when she was just 17. Pageant officials say it may have been much more recent than that. And that may be enough to crown her the former Miss California USA. Ben Tracy, CBS News, Los Angeles.

SMITH: So can she lose her crown? Lisa Bloom is a CBS News legal analyst. Good morning.

LISA BLOOM: Good morning.

SMITH: Does the pageant have a stiletto heeled leg to stand on? Sorry.

BLOOM: They've got her cold, Harry, if they want to fire her, they can fire her. I've taken a close look at her employment contract, so let's go through it.

SMITH: Alright.

BLOOM: Because we don't know exactly when those pictures were taken, so-

SMITH: She says she was 17 when it happened.

BLOOM: So, if they were taken before or after, it really doesn't matter. First, 9-a of the contract looks back in time. And she signed this and she promised -- she said this, 'I represent that at all times prior to the date of this agreement,' and then let's skip down to that she did not allow herself 'to be photographed in a state of partial or total nudity-

SMITH: Do you think she-

BLOOM: -or in a lewd or suggestive manner,' that would be 'a violation of this provision.'

SMITH: People sign contracts all the time.

BLOOM: Yes.

SMITH: They don't know what's in them.

BLOOM: Well-

SMITH: Do you think she knew?

BLOOM: I think because of all the prior scandals of other Miss America's and pageant holders with nude photos, she probably did. Now, she had to check a box after this, 'true.' She could have checked a 'false' and given an explanation.

SMITH: Oh, wow.

BLOOM: And the contract said you won't necessarily be fired, you won't necessarily be disqualified, if you explain. The most important thing to them was truthfulness and they said that she could lose her crown for that lack of truthfulness.

SMITH: Right.

BLOOM: Now, what about going forward? What about after she gets the crown, if then she posed for the photos? Because we don't know when they were taken, they've got that covered in the contract, too, believe me.

SMITH: Too? Wow, they really have their bases covered.

BLOOM: So, paragraph 9-b, 'if I am selected as state pageant holder,' and then it goes on to say 'I acknowledge that, blah, blah, blah,' here's the important part, she did not permit herself 'to be photographed in a state of partial or total nudity or in a lewd, compromising manner.'

SMITH: So It doesn't matter whether it happened currently or if it happened in the ancient past-

BLOOM: That's right, they've got-

SMITH: -and she even signed the box.

BLOOM: That's right, they've got a paragraph looking back, a paragraph looking forward. And, now let's say her attorneys say, 'well, partial nudity, that's a little bit vague,' after all, the one photo that we have seen she's covered and really nothing lewd is revealed in that photo because of the angle and her arms, well, the contract says, Harry, that the pageant is the one who decides and they have the ultimate authority in this matter.

SMITH: Alright, Lisa Bloom, thanks so much.

BLOOM: Thank you.

SMITH: Talk about due diligence. You did you your homework, I'm impressed.

BLOOM: Oops.

—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.


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they did their homework

cutting investigative reporting.  No beauty pageant contestant is safe now.   They can all pat themselves on the back and go out and have a beer their job is done.

Hold on ‘cause the world will turn if you're ready or not ~ KT Tunstall

Dream Team 2012

Palin for President.
Prejean for VEEP.
Limbaugh for Sec of State

And what about the Dimocrats you say? Well, how about

McCain to run Gitmo
Murtha to clean the toilets at Gitmo, and
Shumer, Hillary, Reed, and Pelosi as our abassadors to Iran.

___________________________________ 

The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech

And Mark Levin as Attorney General

Love it!

PALIN IN '12.

PALIN IN '12.  YAAHHOOOOO!!! 

Didja ever notice.....

I know I'm stealing that from some other old coot..  BUT.

Didja ever notice that none of this was a big deal until she said that she was opposed to gay marriage???

Interesting isn't it...

Might want to check the pictures real close and make sure nobody was playing with their copy of Photoshop.....

read between the lines

1) "They've got her cold, Harry."

What they really mean: WE'VE got her cold, Harriet.

2) "And will Carrie lose her crown?"

What they really mean: "And will that dumb bible-thumping siliconed whore lose her crown?"

Congrats all around, you all did your homework; magnificent job, everyone! 

NO need

She doesn't need it. Tell them what to do with it.

AND SUDDENLY MISS

AND SUDDENLY MISS CALIFORNIA TURNS LIBERAL MOONBAT AND MAGICALLY THE MSM SWITCHES TO...

"IS IT FAIR FOR THESE PAGEANT PEOPLE TO INSERT THEIR HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL PERSONAL BELIEFS INTO THE JUDGING?!?!? HARRY? AREN'T THESE PERSONAL ATTACKS UPON ILLEGAL? WHAT ARE WOMEN'S GROUPS SAYING? WHAT IS BEING DONE - ARE ANY OF THE PAGEANT OFFICIALS BEING INVESTIGATED? WE HAVE HEARD REPORTS AND "SOME SAY" THE PAGEANT MANAGEMENT WERE POSSIBLY CANNIBALS AND YADAYADAYADA..." 

AND THEN SHE SWITCHES BACK TO CONSERVATIVE RELIGOUS AND THE MSM GOES BACK TO...

"WE GOT HER COLD HARRY - RUN HER ASS OUTTA TOWN YADA YADA YADA..."

and so it goes on...

government is the communists capitalism

SoL

This is what happens each and every day (just ask Gov. Sarah Palin) when we allow the Left to frame the situation and the arguments.  This is the media's job as per Rahm Emmanuel's daily conference phone briefing.  Keep the pressure on and keep all Conservatives that defy the Left's agenda under attack.

Typical Alinsky tactics.

.. and they hard Ward Churchill Cold

until the jury ruled.

Words like "partial nudity" unless carefully defined in the contract can become the subject of litigation. For example is a bathing suit photo partially nude. Does partial nudity refer to a display of breasts?

Fire her .... and there may be a lawsuit.

Let them take the crown,

Let them take the crown, she will only become even more powerful, and the pageant relegated even more worthless.

CV

Ah, yes, the old "Obi Wan" approach -

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."

All kidding aside, she will gain more notoriety and therefore support from Conservatives and religious people if her Miss California crown is taken away.  I know that if I ever run into that CS Perez Hilton I will show him what the entire Conservative movement thinks about him - up close and personal.  Just to exercise my freedom of speech, you understand.

They want her head

They want her head on a platter like John the Baptist. It is SPITE for what she said and witnessed to.  Just like John.  They do not like to even hear that someone thinks they may be doing something "not right."  They want no standard to live up to.   No other point of view is acceptable to them.  

Sound Effect:  Splash.... CA dropping into Pacific. Just kidding that would be a real loss of a beautiful State; but the not so loving liberal minority (even there a minority) controlling the CA public with effective PC enforcement and misinformation is a tragedy.  

M-B

CBS is again creating fake news

CBS is again creating fake news in hopes it will bear fruit. Much like the the Rather's memo on Bush.

"DumbAssity of Dope"

The media mob in full

The media mob in full sanctimony mode bent on destroying someone who, once again, merely answered a question in a way that offends the immoral totalitarians.

If you haven't read BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (Tom Wolfe) check it out. He fictionalized this disgusting crew over 20 years ago now. 

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell
Check out Hollycrud checker-outers

It's more clear than ever,

It's more clear than ever, and perhaps more active than ever, that the media functions as a type of mafia.

They make it clear - if you cross them - if you cross them on what they hold right and dear --- they will destroy you.

 But if you play ball, if you follow their line of thinking, they will protect you.

If Miss Cal. had stated strong support for gay marriage - upsetting at least half the population by disagreeing with them so publically, the media would have praised her non-stop.  She would have been a hero of the people and invited to restate her opinion everywhere across the media and gotten strong endorsements from them all.

But, she didn't.  She spoke out clearly but in measured tones --- against the dominant opinino of the members of the press, who couldn't care less if such a large portion of the nation agrees with her ---- so they seek to destroy her.

The media has come to believe they are the standard bearers of what is right and just and noble in American society.  As such, it is their honor bound duty to promote those who promote good and crush those who promote evil.

Everything is a civil rights issue or natural rights or terribly vital issue for them...which justifies their pro-active use of bias to crush or defend people.

Palin, a pretty much unknown political figure to the bulk of the nation and media --- had to be destroyed in the most amazing way by the press across the spectrum - crushed as soon as her name was announced ----- because she was a woman - and that might have swung female voters toward McCain because Clinton was out and not Obama's VP pick.

And conversely, every time some big item arose that could threaten Obama's chance of victory, the media fought hard to keep it out of the public eye - and when it couldn't thanks to New Media sources - they did their best to protect Obama from damage.

This is our media today:  the champions of all they hold to be true and good in the world ---- and destoryers of whatever gets in its way.

The media does view itself as an organ of change for the better in society.  That it's goal and purpose are noble.  And woe to anyone who disagrees with them and stands a chance of influence public opinion. 

 

The DNC's mafia

The DNC's mafia

Perfectly accurate USA!

Great post.

This young gal should

take the crown and tell the powers that be to shove it where the gay guy would put it!

Who wants it?

Racy photos, fake boobs, outspoken. OH MY!

Little women can't be havin' those kinda choices, like... like their liberated! Next thing you know they'll demand an education and the vote!! 

Keep at it, CBS. This is of nat'l importance. 

Far more important than Obama attacking centuries of contract law and ignoring key points of the 5th amendment while micromanaging auto companies & banks.

http://locomotivebre...

I wish the USA had the same contract for the President.

I have been exposed to more topless photo's of him than I care to see. 

 

"Live for yourself...there's no one else more worth living for.
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more"- Rush--Anthem

Photoshopped no

Photoshopped no less!! 

 

Hilarous comment!!

Miss Cal loses crown, Trump loses marbles

I heard Trump has already selected the judges for next year:

Michael Musto, Ward Churchill, Sandra Bernhard and Mullah "Talibanster" Omar.

Should be a great show. 

If CBS had put 10% of the

If CBS had put 10% of the effort they used on taking down a beauty contestant to examining Obama’s policies and affiliations during the campaign Barry Obama would now be a footnote in political history.

How about Miss USA 2009?

Will CBS launch an inquisition into Miss USA 2009's private life?

Or are they merely interested in taking out opponents of Gay marriage?

Trump POS

I'm disgusted that the POS Howard Trump hasn't lifted a finger to defend Prejean. I've lost any respect I might have had for him.

The self-labeled women's lib organizations on the other hand, I have never expected much from them so I'm not disappointed.

thump trump

didn't donald "comb over" trump let another girl keep her crown when racy photos came out of her??

she was kissing other women, drinking, using drugs. and all they have on this miss calif is a pic of her in her underware......when did trump and calif get so righteous??

mom

What if she were a Muslim?

What would have been the response if she were a Muslim or an African American?

If she were a Muslim, she

If she were a Muslim, she would not have "the right to bare arms" in public.

 "Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

Yes but...

True if she were a traditionalist. But if she were a moderate Muslim she still might not do the swimsuit  part but could have participated otherwise. So just for the sake of argument, what would the media be saying or doing if her religion was Islam?

Well well here you go,imind


beauty queen, saudi style

The winner won't necessarily be pretty," she added. "We care about the beauty of the soul and the morals." 

Just maybe we can get that  foul heterophobic  to be the judge?

Reagan VS 0bama

Smokin', man! And the winner

Smokin', man!

And the winner also gets to leave her house for 15 minutes. "Chaperoned", of course. 

And the losers are stoned to

And the losers are stoned to death.

Welcome to Bizarro World

Where beauty queens are chosen for their positions on important political issues, while the President of the United States is elected based on his good looks, buff bod, charisma and "star" quality. 

Bizarro world indeed!

But wait, it gets better.....much better.

According to our resident liberal, Balboa....although Barack Obama and Carrie Prejean voiced the EXACT SAME OPINION about what, exactly, constitutes marriage.....the difference is that Obama's opinion carries more weight because he is an "intelligent" man, while Ms. Prejean is merely a beauty pageant contestant, therefore "uninformed".

Cue Twilight Zone music.

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

It is like the Clean Coal

It is like the Clean Coal commerical.  They have debate footage of Obama saying he is for it.  Genius content creation!

Re Bizarro

Bingo. The election in November was a beauty contest.

Obama "controversial", too?

"Suggestive photos of the already controversial Miss California hit the internet. "

Already controversial?

So are Obama and the majority of people in CA "controversial" as well?

The MSM: What a bunch of pitiful hypocrites. 

If Miss CA 1) wasn't white or 2) had given the Media Sanctioned Proper Answer, they wouldn't be attacking her on this.

Time for another nation-wide "tea party" type event to call the media out on their never-ending bull$hit.  Tell them to start acting like journalists. 

Sexy Feminine Women

Normal
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The Democratic Liberals are dominated by homosexuals that hate women. Sexy feminine women remind lesbians of the way nature intended them to be and they represent direct competition for gay men. The only way a women can gain respect in the liberal community is to come off as some sort of a ambiguous unisex.  Rachel Maddow or Ellen DeGeneres
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It's a lose-lose situation

It's a lose-lose situation Miss California Pageant officials have placed themselves in once they started this "investigation." If they rule in Prejean’s favor, they incur the wrath of the Paris Hilton's, the gay community and the liberal elitists. If they rule against Prejean and strip her of her crown, they incur the wrath of conservatives (which frankly I don't think pageant officials care), pro-traditional-marriage groups (again, which I don't think pageant officias care) but in ruling against Prejean, they give her much more publicity, come off in the country's public opinion as being spiteful, petty, malicious and bowing to special interest groups who wish to destroy Prejean for merely having a differing viewpoint on an issue brought up via a question that was inappropriate for a beauty pageant asked in an intended ambush by an agenda-driven, petty, spiteful and malicious individual who should not have been placed on the judges panel to begin with. This stinks worse than rotting roadkill on a hot summer day. These blatant attempts to destroy Prejean will eventually backfire on those perpetuating them.

What of Obama's ears? They

What of Obama's ears? They can't be real.

Is the Bamster enhanced?

Who is to say that the Bamster's pecs are real? Pectoral implants for men is still a hushed-up phenomenon, quite different from women's breast implants. I can't find numbers, but here is what they look like: http://www.ienhance.com

Given how scrawny the rest of him is, such pronounced pectoral development is hard to believe. It would also fit well with his small-planet sized ego and narcissism.

When will we stand up to

When will we stand up to these nuts and say NO! Just once I want someone in some kind of authority to knock the left down a peg or two. I can't stand it anymore.

Donald Trump

Donald Trump should be ashamed about what he brought about. He hired that pervert "perez hilton"

Trump...and being

Trump...and being ashamed....lol funny...

He's in the money now...look at all the free advertizing etc. he is getting.

Honor, Pride, Integrity go out the window with people like Trump..if they ever had any to begin with that is.  

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

These pageants are dying

These pageants are dying off. He was looking for "edgy" to attract more attention, and he got it. He's probably got next year's pageant already paid for. 

boa... Yep...plus

boa...

Yep...plus can't you just imagine how he is going to be promoting next years?

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

"You never know what might

"You never know what might happen at...Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant!" 

Donald Trump

Next year Donald Trump will have gay men dressed up like women in the pageant

Say what?

They want to strip her (no pun intended) of her crown for posing "semi-nude" in California? This is California! Just about everyone runs around semi-nude! What else can you call a bikini, modest clothing? UNDERWEAR covers more than a bikini! Get real, people!

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

If they take that angel's

If they take that angel's crown away, we  all need to protest the cr@p out of Donald Trump's businesses.

It's well-known that

It's well-known that Christians don't like sex nor nudity.  Doesn't matter how great you look, keep those sack cloths on...oh, and cross your legs!

I must say that the hang ups over sex and nudity is an Achilles heel for the credibility of Christianity.  There are such things as decorum, discretion and taste.  Guess it carries over to Protestants from the Church in Rome-the whole guilt thing.

By Achilles heel I mean the idea that the people who voice their opposition to such things the loudest publicly are perhaps the most kinky privately and often find themselves in compromising trysts and are therefore publicly identified as hypocrites.  The standards they set for others that they couldn't hold to themselves, while at the same time condemning others is what muddies and smears the greater message about Man's relationship to Jesus and Salvation.

There are many kinds of love.  I just think that it is not healthy for anyone to fixate on Eros over the others especially love of God, but Eros should not be excluded either.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

Negative media stereo type

The media jumps all over those stories because they have that EXACT agenda.  Sorry people buy into it.  Christians are not against sex or nudity!  Just following what the Bible says; do it w/your spouse!  That is totally different!  And I have not seen one woman at our Church wearing anything like sack-cloth.  

Just because one sins does not mean you should TEACH go ahead and do it because you cannot control yourself.  If you want to get an A in school and you get a C you don't say, well A's are no good anyway, I think I will just try to get F's.  F's are easy and fun my friend but you will not enjoy this life, or the next, after a short period in F land.  Then once you are there in F land you try to teach the young that F land is OK and cool and bring everyone to the lowest common denominator.

Lust is the problem that God is against.   He is warning you for your own sake, not his.  You are free to do it but you will likely pay a price and waste a lot of your life.  It is BS to blame Christians for being honest enough to have standards since the EASY thing is to be your own god and do what ever you deam OK.  That is the Liberal ideal and that is why they spite the thought and people who proclaim respect for a moral law one should follow. 

An IMPORTANT point to understand:  Standards show how short you fall and to prompt you to ask for forgivness and start over.  NO one can follow the law.  YOU miss the lesson if you focus on the FACT that OTHER people FAIL and FALL.  That is the whole point of it!  That does not mean you should abandon it and not have it as your standard however.

Best Regards,  M-B

You know dadgummed good and

You know dadgummed good and well every one of these girls posed for the exact same kind of pictures Carrie did, some worse.  But they didn't piss these crybaby queers off, so those pictures won't be coming out.  What little crybaby's these queers are.  Hateful poofs.

Hipocracy

So let me get this right, it's okay to parade around a stage in a next to nothing bathing suit, but not okay to pose showing less leg than on stage? If they consider her to have posed nude or partially nude then the pageant is guilty of it themselves.

And something I really don't get. I seem to remember some old scandals about girls with fake boobs getting booted from the contest. Now they're bankrolling it? Hipocracy. 

http://www.americanw...

I talked to the Co Director of Miss Californa USA...

...and it's been comfirmed that the CBS claim is false.

Quote:

"CBS News has learned that Miss California USA officials are considering
stripping Carrie Prejean of her title. They say she may have violated
her contract by posing semi-nude when she worked as a teenage model and
also by working, without pageant permission, for a group opposed to gay
marriage."

Note the emphases I added that infers actual individuals.

I called the Miss California USA organization myself. I talked to Keith Lewis, Co-Executive Director, K2 Productions. He was surprised at hearing about the CBS claim and assured me he was going to look into the allegations. 

In fact, Lewis has a PRESS RELEASE addressing this very issue:

"I am proud of Carrie Prejean’s beauty and placement at the 2009 MISS
USA pageant. I support Carrie’s right to express her personal beliefs
even if they do not coincide with my own. I believe the subject of gay
marriage deserves a great deal more conversation in order to heal the
divide it has created."

http://misscaliforni...

It only took me 5 minutes to do the Mainstream Media's job once again. Where do I send the bill?

______________________
Moderate... Democrat... Liberal... Progressive... Socialist... Communist—The progression is clear as day.

good job

Send the bill to the "Harriet Smith Legal Defense Fund", c/o CBS.

LOL...that was a great

LOL...that was a great zinger SoL.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Wow gop... Impressive. I

Wow gop...

Impressive.

I mean that as a huge compliment.

I, for one, thank you.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Thanks for the compliment,

Thanks for the compliment, Bigtimer!

I'd like to think what I did was some super spectacular, Woodward/Bernstein-esque Pulitzer Prize winning exposé. But it actually saddens me that a very basic tenet of journalism is not even followed through by the organizations, even IF they are in the tank for Obama. 

In any case, there is no complexity involved. 

Once I see a story like the one Kyle himself posted, and they claim that "sources" were used, I go to the website of the "source." Typically, they are corporate or company websites. I look for the "Contact Us" page. The link to this contact page can be found in one of the menu items, or in the home page footer area. Most of the time, there is a telephone number to contact.

Once I find the number, I call it. I ask for and talk to the purported source. If it is a recording, I leave a quick message and return phone number. In some cases where there is no human operator and no directory, punch in "111" or other numbers until you get through to a human, then state "Bob? You aren't Bob! Can you punch Bob Smith's extension for me?" Works most of the time. Of course, use whatever name you are looking for in place of Bob Smith.

Frankly, ANYONE here can do it...and I would hope that more people ACTUALLY DO it. This is not rocket science nor do you need a special Captain Midnight decoder ring.

 

____________________
Moderate... Democrat... Liberal... Progressive... Socialist... Communist—The progression is clear as day.

very nice :)

my complete lack of faith in MSM reporting has been restored. 

Hold on ‘cause the world will turn if you're ready or not ~ KT Tunstall

"last updated on 7-May-2009 16:06:01 EDT"

Just in case any of the Troll Brigade want to jump on this as not timely, the misscal website was last updated a few minutes ago, and the statement is still there.

Sidebar: On the same page where Lewis' statement is posted, Hotel Zoso, where the pageant was held, is apparently crapping razor blades because they felt obliged to post a disclaimer that Prejean's opinon is not relfective of theirs, and that they welcome all races, religions and sexual orientations. Please visit their sister property, Hotel Homo. Ask for 'Stewie' at the reservation desk.