Monday, April 21, 2008

And it began with a hoax phone call?

So the phone call that launched the paramilitary raid on the FLDS ranch in Texas (complete with a police APC) was a hoax. See R. S. McCain's must read article:

Searching for "Sarah"
It has a killer opener:

"Nothing catches an editor's eye like a good rape," gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson once observed, and this month's lurid tales of teenage girls ritually raped in the temple of a Texas polygamist cult caught editors' eyes around the world.


Worth noting that the Duke lacrosse case got it start with a fake phone call that was released to the public.

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