MSNBC Quotes Al Sharpton's Blog As Part Of Michel Vick Story

“If the police caught Brett Favre (a white quarterback for the Green Bay Packers) running a dolphin-fighting ring out of his pool, where dolphins with spears attached to their foreheads fought each other, would they bust him? Of course not,” Sharpton wrote Tuesday on his personal blog.

“They would get his autograph, commend him on his tightly spiraled forward passes, then bet on one of his dolphins.”

Outrageous!

But the problem is that this isn't from Al Sharpton's personal blog. It's from a parody site, and an obvious one. Greg Pollowitz of the Media Blog has the details.

Ah, the patient fact-checking of reporters.

Multiple Fixes: Link fixed; attribution fixed. Greg Pollowitz, not Steve Spruiell.

Update: A new statement--

A "Vick Case" Article Update

by the Editors

Only at MSNBC Online | Post date 08.24.07

For several hours now, questions have been raised about Alex Johnson's "Vick case divides African-American leaders" While many of these questions have been formulated by people with ideological agendas, we recognize that there are legitimate concerns about journalistic accuracy. We at MSNBC take these concerns extremely seriously. This is why we have sought to re-report the story, in the process speaking with five bloggers at the News Groper site who substantiate the authenticity of blog described in Johnson's article.

We're going on vacation now.

THE EDITORS

Thanks to hit and run.

posted by Ace at 01:04 PM

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