MSNBC.com links to spoof site…
National Review Online’s Media Blog notes that an MSNBC.com story on Michael Vick linked to a spoof site as a news source. MSNBC.com subsequently issued a correction…
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, 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.
How long til this shows up on TVN
Comment by Jim — August 24, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
TVN say anything BAD about MSNBC? You gotta be kidding.
Comment by Alison — August 24, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
Wasn’t that the plot of Ace Ventura?
No, of course not… that was Dan Marino.
Comment by ImNotBlue — August 24, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
Blue: On this thread, this is comment No. 4.
If Fox had made the same error, my post would probably be No. 204!
Comment by Ira — August 25, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
Without a doubt, Ira. People would be calling for someone to be fired, there would be insults galore, Elmonica and Me would be claiming that it was somehow designed to slander Democrats and it’s because O’Reilly is a “facist.”
But… MSNBC… “Oops!”
Comment by ImNotBlue — August 25, 2007 @ 3:40 pm