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thedemocraticdaily.com — So you know that ugly, Fox/Drudge-whipped up story of the young female McCain volunteer who was allegedly mugged and mutilated (with a ‘B’ cut into her face) by a black man at a Pittsburgh-area ATM?
Well — surprise, surprise — it was all a hoax . As I’m sure ...
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This week? Matt Drudge. Matt Drudge. Matt Drudge. And the story of Ashley Todd: “This weird, hysterical story got the MONSTER GIANT THREE-DECK SIREN treatment on Drudge for part of the afternoon, and then it was mysteriously downgraded to a little link on the side.”
Wonder why? Because it wasn’t true. Never mind
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