The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Colorado Conservative SWATted After Argument With Bill Schmalfeldt?

First, the news from the Hollywood Reporter: Conservative pundit and author Erik Rush has become the latest victim of “swatting,” a growing trend in which individuals place fake 911 calls drawing police response to a celebrity’s home. Rush, who resides in Fort Collins, Colo., appears to have been targeted following a series of controversial tweets […]

Shorter @DylanByers: ‘Hurry Up, FBI, So We Can Start the Media Blame Game!’

So, my three most recent stories for Viral Read were about: A dead 8-year-old boy; A dead 29-year-old woman; and A press conference where the FBI said they are conducting a “wide open” investigation into the Boston bombing. While doing a search for more coverage to include in my updated aggregation, I happened upon this ghoulish blog […]

Terrorism, Journalism and Other Crimes of ‘Workplace-Related Violence’

Still scrambling today to keep up with the latest developments in the Boston Marathon bombings. Last night I got to bed about 1 a.m., woke up about 8:15 a.m. and had my first story at ViralRead online shortly after 9 a.m., updating with the FBI press conference and new leads: UPDATE: ‘We Will Go to […]

When You Report Breaking News, Be Like Joe Friday: ‘Just the Facts, Ma’am’

#BOSTON UPDATE – WITNESS: ‘SOMEBODY’S LEG FLEW BY MY HEAD’ viralread.com/2013/04/15/bre…via @viralread — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) April 15, 2013 People doing live breaking news on TV have to fill hours and hours of air time. We understand this. But do they understand this? Dear TV People: Do not emote. Do not tell us how to feel. […]

The Hope Industry

What? You thought this was about philanthropic humanitarianism? A boldfaced Obama name can rake in upward of $25,000 per month from a client just by dialing into a conference call and drafting a memo from time to time. Four clients means more than a million dollars a year with virtually no overhead. “You can run […]

Why Is the New York Times Now Campaigning for Anthony Weiner?

First, the dishonest puff-piece feature, now a transparent “news” plug for Congressman Meat-Tweet. What’s going on here? I’ve got a few hunches about their motives, but no time to explain my theory just now. But there was time for Neutral Objective Journalism at ViralRead: The New York Times has attempted to assist Weiner’s political rehabilitation, publishing an […]

How the Left’s Online Meme Machine Helped Create a Murder Myth in Texas

MSNBC’s Martin Bashir interviews SPLC’s Mark Potok, April 1 Officials in Kaufman County, Texas, have arrested Eric Lyle Williams, a former justice of the peace, who is expected to be charged with the murder of three people — a crime to which MSNBC’s Chris Matthews devoted an eight-minute segment of his April 3 show, portraying […]

Teenage Girls on Trial in Canada for Running Prostitution Ring

You think kids are bad in America? In Ottawa, three teenage girls are accused of running a prostitution ring that victimized nine other girls, some as young as 13: The three Ottawa girls, two who were 15 and one who was 16 when they were arrested, have pleaded not guilty to a total of 74 […]

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