It’s always nice to see Little Green Footballs featured on a local news show; but it would be hard to imagine how a reporter could get things any more wrong than Al Ruechel does in this confused piece for Florida’s BayNews9.

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For example:

Don’t expect to hear both sides of any issue. For example he allows folks to bash the President and Glenn Beck at the same time.

Uh … if I “allow” folks to “bash the President and Glenn Beck at the same time,” doesn’t that mean you should expect to hear both sides of an issue?

This muddled tone is maintained throughout the segment, and Ruechel even says twice that I think my opinions are “the only right ones” — a weird assertion that seems to be based on nothing at all. Of course, like any other human being, if I express an opinion it’s because I think it has merit — I’m not in the habit of expressing opinions that I think aren’t correct. But the “only right ones?” Where did that come from?

Ruechel even seems to think LGF promotes conspiracy theories. If he actually read anything at LGF, I don’t see how he could possibly believe this. One of the core principles of LGF is zero tolerance for conspiracy theories; we debunk them, we don’t promote them.

And another odd statement:

The big issue lately is doctored photos. He uncovered the infamous shot of a dead child supposedly killed by Israeli troops… wrong. It was a staged shot.

He seems to be referring to the Mohammed Al-Dura incident, but LGF had nothing to do with “uncovering” that particular story.

But anyway, thanks for getting my name and the name of my blog correct, Mr Ruechel.