Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim Daily Kos Put Image Of Bull's Eye On Rep. Giffords. WaPo repeats lie.

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http://mediamatters.org/research/201101110003">Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim Daily Kos Put Image Of Bull's Eye On Rep. Giffords - MediaMatters

Hoft: "Top Leftist Blog Daily Kos Put A Bulls-Eye On Rep. Giffords In June 2008." In a January 10 Gateway Pundit post, Jim Hoft wrote, "Top leftist blog Daily Kos put a bulls-eye on Rep. Giffords in June 2008," adding, "his hate speech must stop." In his post, Hoft included an image of Rep. Giffords and a bull's eye. The image Hoft posted said its source was a Daily Kos post. Hoft included the following image in his post:





Wash. Post's Thiessen Directs Readers To Graphic Of Rep. Giffords With Bull's Eye. In a January 10 Washington Post article headlined "Stop blaming the Tea Party for the Arizona tragedy," Marc Thiessen linked to a HillBuzz.org screen grab of the photo shopped image of Rep. Giffords with a bull's eye. (Washington Post, 1/10/11)

Daily Caller Reports That Tea Party Express Fundraising Letter Linked To Bull's Eye Image On Giffords. The Daily Caller reported that in a January 10 fundraising letter, the Tea Party Express wrote, "The media didn't tell you that the left-wing website, DailyKos, had targeted Congresswoman Giffords, putting a BULLSEYE on her, did they? But that's just what happened." The letter linked to the HillBuzz.org screen grab of the doctored image. (Daily Caller, http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/10/tea-party-express-sends-out-fund-raising-letter-in-reaction-to-aftermath-of-arizona-shooting/">1/10/11)

http://mediamatters.org/research/201101110003">In Fact, Original Daily Kos Post Did Not Contain Image Of Bull's Eye