Gawker: Is the New York Post Edited by a Bigoted Drunk Who Fucks Pigs?

[onehandle]

This morning, the New York Post published on its front page a photo of two spectators near the Boston Marathon finish line, one wearing a backpack and one with a duffel bag slung at his side, under the headline "BAG MEN." "Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon," the giant subhead added.

The two had nothing to do with the bombing. One of them, whose face is clearly shown on the front page, is a 17-year-old high-school runner. They were among the many bag-toting people whose images were being studied by the internet hive-mind yesterday, and there was no good reason to think they were the bombers. Yet there they were, on every newsstand in New York: "Feds seek these two."

As it has been all week, the New York Post was wrong. And as it has all week, the Post denied being wrong. This afternoon—after the Post had run a story conceding that the two were not suspects—Col Allan, the paper's editor, issued a statement defending the front page: We stand by our story. The image was emailed to law enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seeking information about these men, as our story reported. We did not identify them as suspects.

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We would not say that, any more than we would say that Col Allan fucks pigs. He is from Australia; if he were to engage in bestiality, it's much more likely that it would be with sheep. But we are not saying Col Allan fucks sheep, either. It could be that Col Allan fucks pigs or sheep. We do not know. It would be irresponsible to speculate.

http://gawker.com/5994999/is-the-new-york-post-edited-by-a-bigoted-drunk-who-fucks-pigs

[mike_c]

1. oops...

Forgot to rec the first time. :kick:

[BainsBane]

2. What do you have against pigs?

[MFM008]

12. pigs protest

any comparison with this fool.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. In this guy's case?

A possible penis.

[Brother Buzz]

3. Has he denied engaging in sexual congress with the same goat who gave Andrew Breitbart syphilis?

I haven't heard him deny it yet.

[DJ13]

6. That goat is in jail

[Zorra]

4. Dunno, but it's possible that the owner of NY Post is. nt

[malaise]

5. Well I hope those kids sue the pants off that nasty

scumbag

[freshwest]

11. +1. First of many racist attacks already have occured. Good work, NYPost.

[name not needed]

7. You know you fucked up when Gawker calls out your lack of journalistic integrity.

[Rex]

8. LOL!!!

[onehandle]

10. Yep. nt

[dorkzilla]

9. I have to admit to being a big Gawker fan...

Yes, I hang my head in shame (not really) but they have some really funny writers. Caity Weaver leaves me in absolute stitches; her Thatz Not Okay column is hysterical.

[Blue Owl]

13. Zoinks!