Friday, October 24, 2008

Running On Hate and Fear

From ThinkProgress--

Fox News Executive John Moody admitted that John McCain's campaign would be basically over, forever linked to race-baiting, should it turn out that McCain volunteer Ashley Todd's politically-motivated assault story was false.

Sleeze site Drudge Report gleefully pounced on the story earlier this week, hyping up the political angle of the volunteer's story-- that she was sexually assaulted by a "tall black man" and disfigured with a "B" on her face when her attacker realized she was a McCain supporter.

The shocking story began unraveling almost immediately, and the purported victim finally admitted she made the whole thing up.

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