2016 Postmortem

Jitter65

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51. Oh, so it wasn't the Hillary camp that originated this story? Hmmmm...David Badash

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:41 PM

Mar 2016

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David Badash
David Badash is the founder and publisher of The New Civil Rights Movement, an award-winning news and opinion site focused on progressive politics and civil rights. The New Civil Rights Movement, published since 2008, is read by more than two million people monthly and has a reach of up to 21 million people weekly on social media.

Badash, a well-respected voice on politics and civil rights, has been quoted in national and international publications, including Politico and The Washington Post. He has been a guest on HuffPost Live, The Michelangelo Signorile Show, World Compass, the Yetta Kurland Show, at the City University of New York, and at the New School. Badash is also the creator of The Great Nationwide Kiss-In, a fifty-city, international gay rights response to the unlawful harassment, detention, and arrest of same-sex couples for kissing in public.

Doesn't sound too much like a Hillary supporter.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] cyberpj Mar 2016 OP

It'll be a cold day in hell if David Brock will retract the story too GeorgiaPeanuts Mar 2016 #1

HRC group will cling to it like a life raft. Sad sad day. roguevalley Mar 2016 #25

Oh, so it wasn't the Hillary camp that originated this story? Hmmmm...David Badash Jitter65 Mar 2016 #51

Wrong. Blue Nation Review i.e. David Brock filth rag created the nonstory GeorgiaPeanuts Mar 2016 #58

Nice try, but it's Clinton that believes that The Ends Justify The Means. She want's the presidency rhett o rick Mar 2016 #120

Exactly. dchill Mar 2016 #55

as of 9:56 PM, he still hadn't renate Mar 2016 #97

Publicity stunt for a tiny blog just begging for any attention. Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #2

Tiny? With 2,000,000? Yeah, right. Bohunk68 Mar 2016 #103

!!!! grasswire Mar 2016 #3

i love the internet and them genius kids who know how to wield it! Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #4

Of course once the Hillary fanatics got hold of the story it was ramped up to Benghazi levels. BillZBubb Mar 2016 #5

Like when they jumped on Jane and sided with Joe Arpaio NWCorona Mar 2016 #10

It has become 4nic8em Mar 2016 #36

Agreed! NWCorona Mar 2016 #39

You must mean their !!!TONE!!! dchill Mar 2016 #56

I almost couldn't believe what I was reading with that. How sad for Jane and what she polly7 Mar 2016 #101

Yes it was. NWCorona Mar 2016 #112

We knew that if it got close they would get down in the mud. And they didn't let us down. nm rhett o rick Mar 2016 #11

Good! Now if all media who ran this story also recant, as do all posters who promoted it.... peacebird Mar 2016 #6

they'll scream they're being alert-stalked and get a full amnesty MisterP Mar 2016 #14

I never even heard of the story until the Sanders supporters here posted so much about it in an Jitter65 Mar 2016 #57

Surely you jest... TeeYiYi Mar 2016 #95

This is what they do. Sensationalize, create controversy, and then say we're sorry. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #7

Yea I live in SC Gwhittey Mar 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #24

Journalistic integrity isn't dead! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #8

But they're not journalists, and they have no integrity. arcane1 Mar 2016 #61

Smearing Bernie always backfires, just ask Richard Tarrant. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #82

You are wrong it works Gwhittey Mar 2016 #92

But they got the propaganda out and that's all that matters nichomachus Mar 2016 #9

Actually it's worse than fox NWCorona Mar 2016 #12

Yep we've been treated to multiple OP's last night and today dragonfly301 Mar 2016 #22

They all get their talking points at the same time Hydra Mar 2016 #28

Yes, it certainly has. It's ver noticeable. cui bono Mar 2016 #32

Just wonder what got into their heads? kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #13

Hillary crushed by Bernie voters in WA, AK, and HI. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #93

The Wisconsin primary is April 5, 2016. Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #99

I realized that after the fact... SMC22307 Mar 2016 #121

Very nice & very appreciated. pacalo Mar 2016 #16

Closing the barn door after the horses already got out. Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #17

Typical right? Spread a lie like fire and then "oopsie sorry". So Republican. glinda Mar 2016 #21

and here's Bing's cached result MisterP Mar 2016 #18

The way Bernie waves his arms around, it was obvious to me he was afraid he would LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #41

Will the DUers (of admited bias) have the common decency to apologize for their own actions? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #19

Whew Dem2 Mar 2016 #20

Too little too late. The meme's been spread. Mission accomplished riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #23

It's gonna take a lot of soap and scrubbing FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #26

even a silkwood shower doesn't seem to get the stink off. restorefreedom Mar 2016 #53

Just think of how many gravy trains are going to be derailed because of the FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #63

on hell yeah. i do hope it resembles this restorefreedom Mar 2016 #66

LOL FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #70

we can hope it looks like that :) nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #71

If it is the Clintons they won't dr60omg Mar 2016 #27

Now will DUers who posted that as a hit piece do the same? cui bono Mar 2016 #29

You know the answer to this SheenaR Mar 2016 #31

Nope. They did their job. Catapult the propaganda. cui bono Mar 2016 #34

they're gonna need another round of it pretty soon enough MisterP Mar 2016 #40

That sounds like it could be from the poster sporting an anti-semitic avatar. n/t cui bono Mar 2016 #42

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #90

Nope, they are insisting they saw and heard Sanders being rude. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #35

People also often say they saw and heard things they never did. cui bono Mar 2016 #38

No one of them is still kicking theirs. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #78

Yeah, he told me after some conseration he decided to leave it up, after I gave the link cui bono Mar 2016 #81

I was thinking of the other one who posted it first. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #85

Hm... need I guess who that was??? cui bono Mar 2016 #86

Someone who wants to deflect from their own behaviour. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #87

Classic case of "a lie runs halfway around the world before the truth even bullwinkle428 Mar 2016 #115

David Brock is Lee Atwater's long lost brother SheenaR Mar 2016 #30

Never saw this story, but the video speaks for itself. DanTex Mar 2016 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #43

Doesn't seem to be the same article as the retracted one. DanTex Mar 2016 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #46

Are you saying it's the same article? I guess maybe, but it's a different website. DanTex Mar 2016 #48

Dan, your underwear is showing. You may want to self-delete to avoid further embarrassment. Scuba Mar 2016 #104

Personal attack. Meh. That's what people do when they don't want to answer questions. DanTex Mar 2016 #105

What do you stand to gain through brazen lying? hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #67

Not sure why you're accusing me of lying. DanTex Mar 2016 #69

Its been on GDPs front page for 8 hours and has 250+ comments and you haven't seen it? riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #44

That article is from a different source. DanTex Mar 2016 #47

It's the same story Dan, but then you already knew that. Scuba Mar 2016 #106

Aha. So one of the two websites republished it. I wasn't aware. DanTex Mar 2016 #107

Who published it originally? David Brock, Hillary's shit-slinger. But you knew that too. Scuba Mar 2016 #108

Looks like it was originally published here, not on BNR: DanTex Mar 2016 #109

Video does not lie KingFlorez Mar 2016 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #50

I'm guessing you're not married then riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #77

I was responding to KingFlorenz. riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #83

Yes it does, exactly. And this is not the first glimpse R B Garr Mar 2016 #72

Haha!!! cui bono Mar 2016 #84

Yeah, I'm enjoying the meltdowns over R B Garr Mar 2016 #88

They didn't originate the story hootinholler Mar 2016 #37

Par for the course for someone who spends tax money to buy "likes" on Facebook RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #52

And I have NEVER seen even the feelbest attempt at justifying or excusing that. It's simply ignored. arcane1 Mar 2016 #73

Good grief! Hillary spent $630k to buy "Likes" on facebook when she was Sec of State?!? Pathetic. peacebird Mar 2016 #89

wow! I never heard that! renate Mar 2016 #98

Yeah. Kind of sad, really. Like the rich kid who needs to buy friends RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #118

Your tax money at work. 630K=11 or 12 U.S. per capita incomes. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #114

Hillary HAS to buy credibility, bvar22 Mar 2016 #119

How quickly the discussion is deflected to smear Hillary camp for repeating a story published by Jitter65 Mar 2016 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #60

The story came from David Brock's site. TDale313 Mar 2016 #62

David Brock --- remember his name.... kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #65

The nasty quote was originated by Badash's publication Jitter65 Mar 2016 #68

The story originated with Blue Nation Review TDale313 Mar 2016 #75

Republicans/Benghazi = Hillarians/This Story Doctor_J Mar 2016 #64

Ok, I'll say it... Apology NOT accepted. nc4bo Mar 2016 #74

I would like to see apologies from certain DUers as well. You call us BernieBros & other things, yet jillan Mar 2016 #76

The disgusting way they used this to accuse Bernie of spousal abuse warrants one. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #79

kick kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #94

Kick... cyberswede Mar 2016 #91

Hillarians here won't apologize. And they expect us to fall in line for HiLIARy. LMAO! PonyUp Mar 2016 #96

Smart people already knew that pdsimdars Mar 2016 #100

So he insulted his wife..... was this before or after he socked Dolores Huerta in the jaw? Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #102

Too fuckin' late. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #110

That was a really stupid, bullshit story. Vinca Mar 2016 #111

K&R'ing this above all the threads promoting this BS story. beac Mar 2016 #113

Excellent! LAS14 Mar 2016 #116

Please don't forget who flogged this story on DU for 24 hours. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2016 #117