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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuge Blunder: Breitbart Accidentally Published Its Prewritten Article Template For Smearing Any Woma
Huge Blunder: Breitbart Accidentally Published Its Prewritten Article Template For Smearing Any Woman Who Accuses A Conservative Of Sexual AssaultOh boy. Today is not a good day to be at Breitbart. Typos and factual errors are bound to happen once in a while, but a mistake this major will likely cause heads to roll: Breitbart accidentally published its prewritten article template for defaming any woman who accuses a conservative of sexual assault.
The template, uploaded to Breitbarts front page by accident earlier this morning, offers a standard outline in which writers could easily insert time- and event-sensitive information to discredit any woman who claims that a high-profile conservative ever acted sexually inappropriate toward her. Before, if a member of the GOP was accused of sexual assault, a Breitbart reporter could have gone through the prewritten article and slandered his accuser in a matter of minutes, but nowwell, someones probably getting fired over this.
Though it was taken down minutes after its accidental publication, the article had already been captured by readers and quickly disseminated throughout social media. Check it out for yourself below:
http://www.clickhole.com/article/huge-blunder-breitbart-accidentally-published-its--7085#1,
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Huge Blunder: Breitbart Accidentally Published Its Prewritten Article Template For Smearing Any Woma (Original Post)
Sunlei
Dec 2017
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Blecht
(3,803 posts)1. Bad satire
You should mark satire as satire, and bad satire should be left alone.
Should be made clear in the headline that it was (allegedly) satirical. Time wasting and misleading.
JohnnyRingo
(18,633 posts)6. Thanx for pointing that out.
I was taking it at face value, because apparently this is what they've become. Following the link I see it's all absurd satire. "How to roll the perfect joint" clinched it.
Poster should have mentioned it, but the replies are clear.
lame54
(35,290 posts)2. It's Weiner's weiner all over again
PdxSean
(574 posts)4. I totally believed it.
Until I read the above comments. Another lesson in news for gnus.
marble falls
(57,093 posts)7. Clickhole. The 'hole' part is correct. Pretty much an unfunny place.