Uh Oh, Fox News Has a Mole

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Gawker announces today that their new writer is a current Fox News Channel employee, who shall remain nameless. He (or she) brought along a video, showing Mitt Romney before an appearance on the Sean Hannity show, discussing the horses Romney and his wife own, and warning each other that it’s not a good subject to bring up on the air.

Here’s the part of The Fox Mole’s post I found especially interesting, in light of all our recent articles looking at the vile, racist comments frequently posted at Fox News and their “community” site, Fox Nation:

The final straw for me came last year. Oddly, it wasn’t anything on TV that turned me rogue, though plenty of things on our air had pushed me in that direction over the years. But what finally broke me was a story on The Fox Nation. If you’re not a frequenter of Fox Nation (and if you’re reading Gawker, it’s a pretty safe bet you’re not) I can describe it for you — it’s like an unholy mashup of the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post and a Klan meeting. Word around the office is that the site was actually the brainchild of Bill O’Reilly’s chief stalker (and Gawker pal) Jesse Watters.

The Nation aggregates news stories, gives them provocative headlines, and invites commenters to weigh in. The comments are fascinating actually, if you can detach yourself enough to view them as sort of the id of the conservative movement. Of course, if you can’t detach yourself, then you’re going to come away with a diminished view of human decency, because HOLY MOLY THESE PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THE BLACK PRESIDENT. I’m not saying they dislike him BECAUSE he’s black, but a lot of the comments, unprompted, mention the fact that he is black, so what would you say, Dr. Freud?

The Fox Nation moderators, realizing that they had a problem on their hands, did the absolute bare minimum, hiring one or two college kids to comb the comments for the most egregiously racist postings, and putting in automatic text filters that blocked various key words. Of course the intrepid commenters quickly found ways around these filters using letter substitutions and spacings, which is why many comments complain about our “n@gger president” and the “M u s l i m in the White House.”

So the site has become the seedy underbelly of the Fox News online empire. It’s surprising that we even have an online empire, considering that our fan base is mostly septuagenarian technophobes.

The post that broke the camel’s back might be familiar to some of you, because it garnered a lot of attention and (well-deserved) ridicule when it hit last August. The item was aggregating several news sources that were reporting innocuously on President Obama’s 50th birthday party, which was attended by the usual mix of White House staffers, DC politicos and Dem-friendly celebs. The Fox Nation, naturally, chose to illustrate the story with a photo montage of Obama, Charles Barkley, Chris Rock, and Jay Z, and the headline “Obama’s Hip Hop BBQ Didn’t Create Jobs.”

The post neatly summed up everything that had been troubling me about my employer: Non sequitur, ad hominem attacks on the president; gleeful race baiting; a willful disregard for facts; and so on. It came close on the heels of the Common controversy, which exhibited a lot of the same ugly traits. (See also: terrorist fist jabs; Fox & Friends madrassa accusations; etc.)

The worst thing about the Hip Hop BBQ incident is that we didn’t back away from it. Bill Shine, who is a rather important guy—sort of Roger Ailes’ main hatchet man, and the go-between for Ailes and most of the top talent—bafflingly doubled down and defended it. The story still exists on the Fox Nation site, headline and photo montage intact, to this very day.

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1 engineer cat  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:12:55pm

Fox News Has a Mole

i thought it was more like a birthmark

2 erik_t  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:13:26pm

I hope Mr. Foxguy isn't depending on his private phone line in order to stay anonymous.

3 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:13:57pm

@DLush gets it right... HILLARY CLINTON coordinating with @GAWKER!!! to rile up the base and distract from Obama's failure.

— Rush Dumbaugh (@dumbaugh) April 10, 2012

4 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:15:53pm

re: #2 erik_t

I hope Mr. Foxguy isn't depending on his private phone line in order to stay anonymous.

I see what you there. Nice.

5 Kragar  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:16:21pm

Color me shocked.

6 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:16:49pm

Hack the hackers. Good.

7 lawhawk  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:17:43pm

re: #1 engineer cat

8 engineer cat  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:17:45pm

generally a mole coming out would contribute something juicy from behind the scenes to the public discourse but i don't see here where he is making news

9 ramex  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:18:07pm

Why aren't there more moles? There really should be. This one might be the cork popping from the bubbly.

10 Kragar  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:22:47pm
11 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:26:24pm

re: #8 engineer cat

generally a mole coming out would contribute something juicy from behind the scenes to the public discourse but i don't see here where he is making news

Yeah, here's his statement about his secret video...

The video above is of Mitt Romney and Sean Hannity bantering before the taping of an interview for the "Hannity Vegas Forum" in February. Of note: Romney professes his and his wife Ann's well-known love of horseriding, praising the qualities of the "Austrian Warmbloods" that his wife rides—the are "dressage" horses, he notes—while maintaining his own preference for the "smoother gait" of his own "Missouri foxtrotter."

Now there's nothing wrong with Mitt and his wife loving horseback riding. But remember this video next time Romney attacks Obama for golfing. The inherent elitism and snootiness of golf is NOTHING compared to competitive horseback riding. And I think Mitt loses points with the GOP base for his correct pronunciation of dressage. To GOP-voter ears it sounds not only gay, but even worse, French.

Riding vs golfing derpfest with a dash of gay bashing. If this is the worst he's seen at Fox things are much better there than I expected.

12 Charles Johnson  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:28:41pm

Just as I suspected - Fox Nation is basically moderated by low-paid (or unpaid) interns, and the people who post the articles are very deliberately catering to the racists among the right wing base.

13 JRCMYP  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:28:59pm
And I think Mitt loses points with the GOP base for his correct pronunciation of dressage. To GOP-voter ears it sounds not only gay, but even worse, French.

This cracks me up. Especially since I used to ride dressage.

14 dragonfire1981  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:29:23pm

Can I go ahead now and say the right will claim Obama planted the Mole (with the help of Soros, Bill Ayers and Van Jones)?

15 Lidane  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:29:28pm

re: #10 Kragar

Herman Cain to Mitt Romney: Pick Allen West for vice president

NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!

Dear Mitt,

Please do this. It would make for some fantastic comedy in the fall. Alternatively, we hear that Michele Bachmann might be available. She'd work too.

Sincerely,
Every American Comedian Everywhere

16 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:29:44pm

re: #13 JRCMYP

This cracks me up. Especially since I used to ride dressage.

Homo!
/

17 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:32:12pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Just as I suspected - Fox Nation is basically moderated by low-paid (or unpaid) interns, and the people who post the articles are very deliberately catering to the racists among the right wing base.

Wouldn't surprise me if they have dolts like Weasel Zippers moderating. He still has a lot of those racist comments at his site. Ignored both Silvio and me. Went on to accuse anyone but his racist readership. They're freakishly weird people starting with Rupert Murdoch all the way down the food chain.

18 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:32:51pm

Speaking on the subject of Romney's VP pick, here's an article that's worth a read:

Yahoo!: How to predict Mitt Romney’s running mate

19 Kronocide  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:33:57pm

To Lizards this is merely confirming the obvious.

20 Charles Johnson  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:34:43pm

Assuming this is all on the level, it also backs up my suspicions that these incredible outpourings of blatant racist hate speech are part of the Fox business model, not just random meaningless troll behavior. They deliberately present articles in ways that will provoke this kind of audience, then give them a forum to vent their hatred where there's no accountability.

21 erik_t  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:35:41pm

re: #10 Kragar

Herman Cain to Mitt Romney: Pick Allen West for vice president

NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!

Because when I look for PR brilliance and political savvy, I look to Herman Cain.

22 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:35:51pm

re: #20 Charles Johnson

Assuming this is all on the level, it also backs up my suspicions that these incredible outpourings of blatant racist hate speech are part of the Fox business model, not just random meaningless troll behavior. They deliberately present articles in ways that will provoke this kind of audience, then give them a forum to vent their hatred where there's no accountability.

Image: SIMPSONSFOXNEWS.jpg

23 Charles Johnson  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:36:06pm

re: #17 Gus

Wouldn't surprise me if they have dolts like Weasel Zippers moderating. He still has a lot of those racist comments at his site. Ignored both Silvio and me. Went on to accuse anyone but his racist readership. They're freakishly weird people starting with Rupert Murdoch all the way down the food chain.

An awful lot of 'Weasel Zippers' posts seem to end up at Fox Nation.

24 PhillyPretzel  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:36:18pm

re: #22 Gus

lol

25 blueraven  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:36:34pm

Zimmerman news conference scheduled soon
CNN update: George Zimmerman’s legal team will hold a news conference in Florida soon. Stay tuned.

26 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:37:03pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

An awful lot of 'Weasel Zippers' posts seem to end up at Fox Nation.

Yep. Can't guess a percentage but a lot of the more inflammatory posts end up there.

27 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:38:06pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

An awful lot of 'Weasel Zippers' posts seem to end up at Fox Nation.

178 hits and counting: "Weasel Zippers" site:nation.foxnews.com

28 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:38:25pm
The post neatly summed up everything that had been troubling me about my employer: Non sequitur, ad hominem attacks on the president; gleeful race baiting; a willful disregard for facts; and so on.

It took you until then to realize all this? At what point did you ever think your employer did not routinely engage in these tactics, I really would like to know.

29 kirkspencer  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:38:38pm

re: #18 Targetpractice

Speaking on the subject of Romney's VP pick, here's an article that's worth a read:

Yahoo!: How to predict Mitt Romney’s running mate

Valid, and since the way to identify Romney's running mate is to "figure out what Mitt Romney wants to tell us about himself", I suggest we start looking around for the secret lab in which his clone is being grown.

Lacking that, goo forfend, I actually think Ryan's high on his list.

30 Alexzander  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:38:47pm

Interesting to actually see Romney in a somewhat more candidate state. Ironically this video clip actually humanized him a bit for me.

31 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:39:20pm

re: #25 blueraven

Zimmerman news conference scheduled soon
CNN update: George Zimmerman’s legal team will hold a news conference in Florida soon. Stay tuned.

Hopefully they'll announce the launch of yet another awesome website.

32 blueraven  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:39:28pm

re: #25 blueraven

Zimmerman news conference scheduled soon
CNN update: George Zimmerman’s legal team will hold a news conference in Florida soon. Stay tuned.

They are withdrawing as counsel!!

33 William of Orange  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:39:38pm

Foxnews has increased it's entertainment factor overnight!!

Genious!

34 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:39:45pm

re: #25 blueraven

Zimmerman news conference scheduled soon
CNN update: George Zimmerman’s legal team will hold a news conference in Florida soon. Stay tuned.

Let me go ahead and pull out my crystal ball to predict what they'll say.

Hmmm...

I foresee much talk about how innocent their client is, how the whole investigation against him is schnockered, and how bad it is that the NBP being allowed to run wild is making it so hard for the Zimmermans to live a "normal life."

35 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:40:18pm
36 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:41:05pm

re: #35 Gus

*sighs, sound of glass shattering* So much for the crystal ball approach.

37 blueraven  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:41:08pm

re: #32 blueraven

They are withdrawing as counsel!!

Presser on now...
They said they have no contact with George and cant continue...

38 Decatur Deb  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:41:31pm

re: #30 Emmanuel Levinas

Interesting to actually see Romney in a somewhat more candidate state. Ironically this video clip actually humanized him a bit for me.

America needs a 'Dork on Horseback' to lead us out of this Islamomarxist despair.

39 Lidane  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:42:04pm

re: #35 Gus

How could they have lost contact? He's got a website and everything!

///

40 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:42:37pm

So they've lost contact with him. Why have I got the sinking feeling that George has skipped the country?

41 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:42:45pm

re: #39 Lidane

How could they have lost contact? He's got a website and everything!

///

Sure sounds funny.

42 blueraven  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:42:50pm

re: #37 blueraven

Presser on now...
They said they have no contact with George and cant continue...

Said George had called Sean Hannity w/o their knowledge

43 Mocking Jay  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:43:08pm

Best press conference ever.

44 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:45:36pm

re: #37 blueraven

Presser on now...
They said they have no contact with George and cant continue...

Maybe he has fled to Venezuela where all the wanted cool people go...I hear it has been really popular with a certain type of wanted fugitive since back in 1945...

///

45 William of Orange  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:45:41pm

re: #35 Gus

I guess the website is not a successful as Zimmermann thought.

...All about the Benjamins....

46 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:47:09pm

Left the country. Maybe. I'll be honest though. Don't know if this all still breaking but I have though of the possibility of suicide if he is indeed missing.

47 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:47:51pm
48 makeitstop  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:48:06pm

Wow. The fuck continues to further cluster, as it were.

49 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:48:10pm

re: #45 William of Orange

I guess the website is not a successful as Zimmermann thought.

[Embedded content] ...All about the Benjamins...

For some of us here, however, it's all about the Pentiums:


;-P
50 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:48:27pm

re: #40 Targetpractice

So they've lost contact with him. Why have I got the sinking feeling that George has skipped the country?

Peru is nice this time of year. Do we have an extradition treaty with them?

51 blueraven  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:48:31pm

Something stinks

52 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:49:06pm

re: #47 Gus

OMG, this guy just keeps getting dumber. What a freakshow.

53 Lidane  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:50:02pm

re: #47 Gus

That's a reason to fire a client, not lose contact with them. I wonder what happened.

This is sounding really strange.

54 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:50:08pm

re: #50 SanFranciscoZionist

Peru is nice this time of year. Do we have an extradition treaty with them?

We do, have since '03.

55 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:51:30pm

I'm honestly of the opinion that daddy's the one who's calling the shots and has been since Day One.

56 William of Orange  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:51:46pm

re: #48 makeitstop

Wow. The fuck continues to further cluster, as it were.

Image: shit_hits_the_fan.jpg

57 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:51:54pm

re: #50 SanFranciscoZionist

Peru is nice this time of year. Do we have an extradition treaty with them?

Yes.

[Link: www.state.gov...]

PDF

58 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:52:27pm

re: #55 Targetpractice

I'm honestly of the opinion that daddy's the one who's calling the shots and has been since Day One.

If it were my kid, I'd have taken control by now.

59 Lidane  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:54:37pm

On a far more amusing note, Hillary Clinton has gotten into the Texts From Hillary game:

Hillary Clinton Thanks 'Texts From Hillary' Guys For The 'LOLZ'

Heh.

60 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:54:52pm

re: #55 Targetpractice

I'm honestly of the opinion that daddy's the one who's calling the shots and has been since Day One.

I think that's highly unlikely. I think George has lost his mind, Nobody in their right mind, including his father, would advise him to put up that webpage and start making calls to fox news.

61 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:56:21pm

The year gets weirder.

63 Kragar  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:57:29pm

re: #60 Killgore Trout

I think that's highly unlikely. I think George has lost his mind, Nobody in their right mind, including his father, would advise him to put up that webpage and start making calls to fox news.

He's a dumbass who is trying to cash in.

64 Lidane  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:57:36pm

re: #60 Killgore Trout

Nobody in their right mind, including his father, would advise him to put up that webpage and start making calls to fox news.

Exactly. This all sounds like someone who has decided that they're going to represent themselves and are refusing to cooperate with anyone who might have a shred of self-awareness or concept of how the law actually works.

65 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:57:45pm

Daily Caller, April 10, 2012:
Zimmerman family challenges Holder on New Black Panthers, says no arrests ‘based solely on your race’

I posted this at the tail end of the last thread without comment. Looks like it's becoming more relevant given the discussion here. I'm not sure what to think...like not even skeptical, just awaiting more information.

I'm amazed by the inarticulateness of the media blitz surrounding GZ--his father speaking out, his lawyer saying something different, the succession of narratives that don't add up, the website, the above letter (if it turns out to be real). If the people around him had simply shut up...or God forbid the man showed some penitence for the death he caused...this would have actually have proceeded quite smoothly.

66 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:58:00pm

re: #50 SanFranciscoZionist

Peru is nice this time of year. Do we have an extradition treaty with them?

I think so. Brazil, however, still doesn't. Dollars go far there, too.
(reads posted pdf) Ok, so their courts must not be too willing to do so as I've always heard that was the place to hare off to. NTIWKAT.

67 Digital Display  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 1:58:41pm

re: #58 SanFranciscoZionist

If it were my kid, I'd have taken control by now.

Nothing in this story has made any sense at all since day one.. But I guess Florida has become Casey Anthony land and nothing makes sense.. I sure as hell hope they never decide a presidential election.
/

68 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:00:33pm

re: #59 Lidane

On a far more amusing note, Hillary Clinton has gotten into the Texts From Hillary game:

Hillary Clinton Thanks 'Texts From Hillary' Guys For The 'LOLZ'

Heh.

[Link: twitpic.com...]

69 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:00:39pm

re: #60 Killgore Trout

I think that's highly unlikely. I think George has lost his mind, Nobody in their right mind, including his father, would advise him to put up that webpage and start making calls to fox news.

If so, he might have lost his mind before the incident.... which might explain it.

70 Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:00:53pm

Damn. I was really hoping for something that wasn't already well known yet.
Like a hidden video of Roger Ailes naked dancing with a mannequin that is dressed up like Michelle Obama as he whispers "someday we will be together my love"

71 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:01:00pm

Uh oh. George Zimmerman has lost his lawyers. Or they lost him.
Paged

Not in contact? I wonder if he is hiding or running.
breaking on CNN & Huffpo

EDIT

Oops I'm late to the party.

72 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:01:13pm

re: #66 William Barnett-Lewis

I think so. Brazil, however, still doesn't. Dollars go far there, too.

My first though was the he's left the country too. But now it looks like his behavior is so erratic that I'm not sure if he even has that much sense.

73 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:01:52pm

re: #69 Johnny Derp

If so, he might have lost his mind before the incident... which might explain it.

That's a possibility.

74 freetoken  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:03:14pm

re: #35 Gus

The Page links to the hUffPo piece:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

It's all so... not really surprising.

Yet I wonder if Zimmerman's supporters will say he was chased out of the country by the NBP?

75 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:03:56pm

G.Z. has already been convicted as far as our"Black Community"leaders
...using the term very lossely...How many times would you move to protect your family before you say 'fuck this...I'm outta here'!
I seriously don't think he could get a passport or use one at this point.
This entire B.S. fiasco falls squarely in the lap of the media no matter how the case turn out!
...IMHO...
...P.s. Hi everyone!

76 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:04:15pm

re: #74 freetoken

The Page links to the hUffPo piece:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

It's all so... not really surprising.

Yet I wonder if Zimmerman's supporters will say he was chased out of the country by the NBP?

If so, the NBP have a hell of a publicity coup on their hands.

77 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:04:25pm

re: #74 freetoken

The Page links to the hUffPo piece:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

It's all so... not really surprising.

Yet I wonder if Zimmerman's supporters will say he was chased out of the country by the NBP?

Anything's possible. I'm not eve going to venture as guess as to where he is.

78 Kragar  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:04:35pm

re: #74 freetoken

He was escaping the tyrannical machinations of the Obama socialist regime.
/

79 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:05:11pm

re: #75 reloadingisnotahobby

G.Z. has already been convicted as far as our"Black Community"leaders
...using the term very lossely...How many times would you move to protect your family before you say 'fuck this...I'm outta here'!
I seriously don't think he could get a passport or use one at this point.
This entire B.S. fiasco falls squarely in the lap of the media no matter how the case turn out!
...IMHO...
...P.s. Hi everyone!

This fiasco falls squarely in the lap of the person who created the whole situation. George Zimmerman.

80 erik_t  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:05:41pm

re: #75 reloadingisnotahobby

G.Z. has already been convicted as far as our"Black Community"leaders
...using the term very lossely...How many times would you move to protect your family before you say 'fuck this...I'm outta here'!
I seriously don't think he could get a passport or use one at this point.
This entire B.S. fiasco falls squarely in the lap of the media no matter how the case turn out!
...IMHO...
...P.s. Hi everyone!

I daresay the fiasco falls squarely on a law and police department that constructively interfered to result in a man shooting a teenager to death with only the most trivial of investigation afterwards.

81 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:06:00pm

What used to happen in cases like this is the press would clamor into one car and head to the local police station to ask, "where is George Zimmerman!?"

82 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:07:12pm

Since he is under investigation but hasn't been arrested, would his action, assuming he took one, be seen as legal or illegal?

83 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:07:23pm

re: #80 erik_t

I'm sorry...I wasn't aware the full investigation had been released to the public!

84 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:08:11pm

So they've stopped representing him, they've not accepted any money from him as no charges have been filed...and yet they're still defending him to the press.

I'll give credit to them, they're dedicated to the case.

85 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:08:28pm

re: #82 Johnny Derp

Since he is under investigation but hasn't been arrested, would his action, assuming he took one, be seen as legal or illegal?

Legal I would think.

86 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:09:19pm

Both brookly red and albusteve willingly joined the worst of the stalkers. Calling them assholes is an understatement.

87 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:09:22pm

re: #84 Targetpractice

So they've stopped representing him, they've not accepted any money from him as no charges have been filed...and yet they're still defending him to the press.

I'll give credit to them, they're dedicated to the case.

Maybe he disappeared before the billable hours he paid for ran out, and they're just balancing out the bill.

//

88 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:09:59pm

re: #86 Johnny Derp

Both brookly red and albusteve willingly joined the worst of the stalkers. Calling them assholes is an understatement.

Law and order voters! Heh.

89 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:11:15pm

re: #85 Gus

I would think the Prosecuters office has 'eyes' on him...if not they should!
Not having been charged with a crime they can't hold him or legally tell him what he can or can't do...I'm sure his passport would be taken away if he had one!

90 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:13:14pm

re: #86 Johnny Derp

Both brookly red and albusteve willingly joined the worst of the stalkers. Calling them assholes is an understatement.

Image: di-HM2H.jpg
*sigh*

91 Sionainn  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:16:15pm

re: #86 Johnny Derp

Both brookly red and albusteve willingly joined the worst of the stalkers. Calling them assholes is an understatement.

Is that why I haven't seen albusteve around? I knew someone was missing...that's really too bad.

92 Alexzander  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:18:03pm

re: #86 Johnny Derp

Both brookly red and albusteve willingly joined the worst of the stalkers. Calling them assholes is an understatement.

Albusteve was the one who was supposedly going to reveal a bunch of damning emails right? He unintentionally sort of counter-trolled the stalker blog.

93 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:18:08pm

re: #89 reloadingisnotahobby

I would think the Prosecuters office has 'eyes' on him...if not they should!
Not having been charged with a crime they can't hold him or legally tell him what he can or can't do...I'm sure his passport would be taken away if he had one!

That's just it. They can't stop you from traveling unless you've been charged with a crime. You would also have to be considered a "flight risk" and revoke your passport or don't release you on bail/bond. Which means even if you are charged you can still travel but you better show up your trial.

94 Gus  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:18:19pm

Be Bach later.

95 Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:21:10pm

re: #91 Sionainn

That's a let down. Albusteve never struck me as someone who would join losers like that.

96 Sionainn  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:23:49pm

re: #95 The Round Heeled Savage Cannibal Ghoul

That's a let down. Albusteve never struck me as someone who would join losers like that.

I know. I must have missed something somewhere...

97 Digital Display  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:25:06pm

re: #86 Johnny Derp

Both brookly red and albusteve willingly joined the worst of the stalkers. Calling them assholes is an understatement.

I always got along with Steve..We would talk for hours about music and I really learned alot from him. I FED-EX'd some live tracks of me playing and we would chat about my interpretations of old songs..
I'll miss him..The old curmudgeon!

98 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:27:45pm

re: #95 The Round Heeled Savage Cannibal Ghoul

You know how he always pretended that he didn't give a fuck about the stalkers? So of course he had to go and join them. Currently, he badmouths LGF, Charles, numerous Lizards.

99 Sionainn  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:32:06pm

re: #98 Johnny Derp

You know how he always pretended that he didn't give a fuck about the stalkers? So of course he had to go and join them. Currently, he badmouths LGF, Charles, numerous Lizards.

When did all this happen?

100 TheSwedish  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:33:10pm

I'm totally banking on Shep Smith as "The Mole."

What do you all think? :-)

101 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:33:14pm

re: #99 Sionainn

I don't have the dates at hand.

102 Sionainn  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:37:01pm

re: #100 TheSwedish

I'm totally banking on Shep Smith as "The Mole."

What do you all think? :-)

That was my first thought.

103 Sionainn  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:45:23pm

re: #101 Johnny Derp

I don't have the dates at hand.

I did a little searching and realized this all happened back on my birthday weekend when I didn't spend any time on the computer.

104 spiderx  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 4:39:03pm

it's shocking to me that the mainstream media never mentions that Fox News is essentially running a hate site with Fox Nation. How Fox News can say out of one side of their mouth that they are a fair and balanced news organization and then also publish a website that reads as if it were written by a Brietbartian, just astonishes me.

And by getting away with it I mean they are rarely if ever called out for it by the mainstream press.

105 Decatur Deb  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 4:49:34pm

re: #92 Emmanuel Levinas

Albusteve was the one who was supposedly going to reveal a bunch of damning emails right? He unintentionally sort of counter-trolled the stalker blog.

No, that was Walter, and I think he was trolling them. Steve could be an asshole, but he was our asshole, and now he's not.

106 teresa  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 4:53:21pm

This is so awesome, I just finished reading it at Gawker... I cannot wait to read every single story FoxMole writes. We are going to learn a great deal, well maybe I mean, FoxMole is going to confirm everything we already suspect about Faux Gnus. They are the propaganda arm of the Republican Party. It isn't as if we don't already know it, but confirmation is a good thing when arguing with Fox "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Facts" brigade.
I just never have understood their mentality of hating people just because, but especially hating people when they are poor and even more if they are poor and not white.
FoxMole is going to be like Spy Magazine all over again. I.Cant.Wait.
Schadenfreude anyone?

107 Interesting Times  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 5:03:27pm

re: #105 Decatur Deb

No, that was Walter, and I think he was trolling them.

He actually did post real emails he'd received from people here. They just weren't nearly as juicy as the stalkers hoped.

Steve could be an asshole, but he was our asshole, and now he's not.

No loss. Remember how gracious Reine was to him, how she went to the trouble of putting together a page of well-wishes while he was recovering from surgery? And now he joins a psycho-blog that harassed and slandered her. Vile, classless, dishonorable and thoroughly ungrateful little man.

108 Decatur Deb  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 5:11:09pm

A little tragic when good lizards go bad, not quite Shakespearean. They both presented personas that attracted grief, and you could see the antagonism building.

109 Mattand  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 5:28:22pm

re: #100 TheSwedish

re: #102 Sionainn

I'm another who thought of the Shepster when reading about the Mole.

However, I still reserve the right to the opinion that Shep is really just as nuts as Hannity and O'Reilly, but is paid to occasionally to go rogue in order to pretend Fox is actually "Fair and Balanced".

Plus, whenever someone mentions Smith, all I can think of is Bill Hader's SNL impression.

110 funky chicken  Tue, Apr 10, 2012 6:52:15pm

re: #30 Emmanuel Levinas

Interesting to actually see Romney in a somewhat more candidate state. Ironically this video clip actually humanized him a bit for me.

Yup. I still think Romney's a decent guy who felt (I guess correctly) that he had to transform himself into something creepy to win the GOP nomination.

111 Cap'n Magic  Wed, Apr 11, 2012 5:34:53pm

re: #110 funky chicken

The problem with that is that when you compare him to his father, you have to wonder what just exactly happened to Mitt.


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