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Monday, April 17, 2006

Unlisted numbers revealed

I'll just let Digby tell the story:

Crooks and Liars has a story up about Michelle Malkin posting phone numbers of college students who protested recruiters on the UCSC campus. Predictably, her readers are harrassing them, as she knew they would.

But that's not surprising. It isn't even partisan. Remember this?

Conservative CNN commentator Tucker Carlson's snide humor backfired on him -- and his wife.

While defending telemarketers during a segment on "Crossfire" last week, the bow-tied co-host was asked for his home phone number. Carlson gave out a number, but it was for the Washington bureau of Fox News, CNN's bitter rival.

The bureau was deluged with calls. To get back at him, Fox posted Carlson's unlisted home number on its Web site. After his wife was inundated with obscene calls, Carlson went to the Fox News bureau to complain. He was told the number would be taken off the Web site if he apologized on the air. He did, but that didn't end the anger.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Carlson called Fox News "a mean, sick group of people."

Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti said Carlson got what he deserved. "CNN threw the first punch here. Correcting this mistake was good journalism."

1 Comments:

Blogger ChiTom said...

I think that the first amendment must stop short of what Michelle Malkin did. What people like Malkin and Coulter have gotten away with saying is, I think, past the point of meriting unfettered airtime: it is simply hate speech. I hope somebody starts filing lawsuits, or bringing criminal charges.

(Wish I could feel more sorry for Tucker-- maybe for his wife.)

10:47 PM  

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