Freepers taking victory laps over Glenn Beck piece retracted by Huffington Post

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The freeps posted a thread with the title "Exposure by Free Republic Forces Huffington Post to Pull Article Threatening Glenn Beck." The HuffPo retraction and author's apology are below. Douchebag "Kristinn" posted the victory lap thread, with comments like:

"The Free Republic article was posted at 9:19 a.m. EDT, and was immediately picked up by several Tweeters and bloggers who used the Free Republic headline without attribution or just plain stole the article from FR.

The news about the Huffington Post threat reached critical mass when it was reported by Newsbusters.

Free Republic has proven yet again that its value in the conservative blogosphere even as FR enters its 14th year online next month."

The lemmings at RimJob central are positiveky giddy over this.

:eyes:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beau-friedlander/100000-for-glenn-becks-se_b_698724.html

Editor's Note: This piece was published directly to the Huffington Post by its author. It didn't meet our editorial standards and has been removed from the site.

Read author's apology here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beau-friedlander/an-apology-to-glenn-beck_b_699504.html

Beau Friedlander
Posted: August 30, 2010 04:08 PM

An Apology to Glenn Beck

Earlier today I posted something on Huffington Post that was taken down by the staff there. I can accept and respect their reasons for doing that.

The post was called "$100,000 For Glenn Beck's Sex Tape." It was supposed to simply make the point that the right does not hesitate to play rough with the left, and the right is far better financed. It was glib, but finally off-kilter and misdirected.

I was actually trying to mimic what I saw as the way right wingers go about these matters, and by misapprehending the way they do things, I went too far. (I offered to broker a deal for anyone who had damaging media pertaining to Glenn Beck.)

First, I owe Glenn Beck an apology. I crossed the line. On the off chance something comes in over the transom...scratch that; I'll delete the email account. Problem solved.

I meant to tilt at a windmill in the post, and I planted my lance in the dirt.

A friend commented:

The people on the left who parrot and jerk their knees are just as much an obstacle to an outcome that benefits the maximum number of people as the "sheepies" are.

Well said, Struan. For me, it is back to the drawing board.

[madrchsod]

1. i guess beck will bless them for their good deed....