Political blogs deflecting links? Sore-loser journalism
So I was reading up on The New Republic “scandal” at Sadly, No!, and I followed a link to the right-wing political blog Little Green Footballs. But rather than being led to that post, the link was rerouted to a screen screaming “You are a idiot [sic]” at me. The bloggers at Little Green Footballs most likely deflected the link to that page, which was largely debunked by Sadly, No!
Is this a new kind of “sore loser” journalism? Rather than owning up to mistakes, bloggers are now launching petty “gotcha!” attacks on readers who scrutinize the accuracy of their posts? This really is a new low for the right-wing blogosphere.
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