Politico Falls for Hoax Blackwater Press Release
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
One of old man Politico’s blogs, The Crypt, had an interesting story up earlier today called “Blackwater Plans To ‘put The Mercy Back In Mercenary,’” but now the the link to that story goes straight to Politico.com. Ruh roh.
The story referenced a Blackwater USA “release” in which the infamous company announced it would form a “Department of Corporate Integrity” to rebuild its image. Politico has since pulled down the story, probably because the release was a hoax.
What’s awesome about computers, however, is that copy-paste exists. After the jump, the full Politico story.
UPDATE: Politico has revealed that the fake press release was from lefty protest group CODE PINK — like that raging hobo lady who attacked Condi last week. Brilliant. MORE »
One of old man Politico’s blogs, The Crypt, had an interesting story up earlier today called “Blackwater Plans To ‘put The Mercy Back In Mercenary,’” but now the the link to that story goes straight to Politico.com. Ruh roh.
The story referenced a Blackwater USA “release” in which the infamous company announced it would form a “Department of Corporate Integrity” to rebuild its image. Politico has since pulled down the story, probably because the release was a hoax.
What’s awesome about computers, however, is that copy-paste exists. After the jump, the full Politico story.
UPDATE: Politico has revealed that the fake press release was from lefty protest group CODE PINK — like that raging hobo lady who attacked Condi last week. Brilliant. MORE »
