Upstate Republican Yells At Reporter For Terrible Crime of "Reporting"

Pareene — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:38:27 EDT

Do you want to listen to six minutes worth of proof that journalism sucks? Here is the executive director of a Republican PAC yelling at some poor, polite reporter in Albany.

Boy, you're rethinking that major now, right, kids? All Albany Times-Union reporter Irene Jay Liu did was "report" some nonsense about how the National Republican Trust PAC aired an ad full of falsehoods and the local NBC affiliate stopped airing it because of the lies, and some jerk (PAC executive director Scott Wheeler) yelled at her for ten minutes.

The ad was against Scott Murphy, the Democrat running to replace new senator Kirsten Gillenbrand, the Democrat from a conservative district upstate somewhere. Hilariously, the Republicans are fucking up this totally easy pickup.

Cash-Waving Craigslist Player's Fury: 'These Photos Are Mines'

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:34:09 EDT

Moral of this story: if you're digging yourself into a hole, stop digging. Yesterday, we got a tip about a self-described "Mr. Right" on NYC's Craigslist, who posted a personal ad with 30 pictures of himself, several of which feature him waving a stack of $20 bills. We put up a few of his photos and chuckled. But he was upset! So he called up the Gawker offices to voice his grievances. He charged us with fraud. He threatened to "punch the fucking guy whoever did this" and "fuck him up." And he warned us, "I'm ten times smarter than these people, cause I"m gonna record it right now." So are we! You have to hear it to believe it. Remember, kids: Craigslist is a public place. Click to listen to the highlights. (To refresh your memory, three of his moneymaking personal ad photos are below):

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Upstate Republican Yells At Reporter For Terrible Crime of "Reporting"

Cash-Waving Craigslist Player's Fury: 'These Photos Are Mines'