16 October 2008

Sometimes we follow these things up....

Confederate Yankee has the goods on a case of journalistic make-believe here.

Note to reporters: If you're going to make up allegations that someone shouted "Kill him!" when Obama's name is mentioned at a McCain-Palin political rally, make sure there aren't any Secret Service guys in the crowd. You see, we cops like to do follow up investigations (unlike a lot of the media these days), and we are generally able to get to the truth of things relatively quickly.

Chris Hackett of the Scranton Times-Tribune found out the hard way that Secret Service guys like to thoroughly investigate claims of threats against past, current or potential Presidents.

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