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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 10:28 PM Dec 2017

Huge 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 Assault

Oh 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 Breitbart’s 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 now—well, someone’s 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 OP
Bad satire Blecht Dec 2017 #1
Agreed tparrett62 Dec 2017 #3
Agreed. nt greyl Dec 2017 #5
Thanx for pointing that out. JohnnyRingo Dec 2017 #6
It's Weiner's weiner all over again lame54 Dec 2017 #2
I totally believed it. PdxSean Dec 2017 #4
Clickhole. The 'hole' part is correct. Pretty much an unfunny place. marble falls Dec 2017 #7

tparrett62

(268 posts)
3. Agreed
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 10:32 PM
Dec 2017

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.
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 01:11 AM
Dec 2017

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.

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