Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller and staff writer Jeff Poor are desperately trying to backtrack from a vile and pathetic smear of a Mother to several young children and the nation's most prominent Republican woman, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Poor, now aided by Caller staffer Matt Lewis have also issued a foolish threat of a lawsuit to this blog for bringing broader attention to the smear.
The Caller found it appropriate to focus humorous attention on these comments from washed up boxer Mike Tyson discussing the former Republican Governor. They also displayed no concern as to how their reporting of the ugliness, including with audio and video, might easily be read by the children of Palin, Mother to several young children.
“Glen Rice is a nice, mellow, docile man, non-threatening guy,” he said. “You want someone like Rodman — yeah baby! Let’s get that donkey in here now. [laughter] Just imagine Palin with a big old black stallion ripping. Yeehaw!”
While the Caller item now comes with this disclaimer, obviously meant only as cover for their disgusting editorial judgment, it is only a late addition to the post after receiving more attention and increasingly broad condemnation.
Editor’s note: Many of the quotes in this story are offensive, indeed repulsive, and not suitable for younger readers or those who are easily shocked. They are also newsworthy. Had Tyson used this language to attack virtually any other person in public life, he’d be vilified on the front page of the New York Times. But you won’t read these quotes in the Times. We believe they deserve public scrutiny and condemnation.
However, as (the original) Google cache clearly demonstrated, the original post contained no such disclaimer. The partial screencap below of the cached page also makes that very clear. As further proof of vile intent, one need only examine the text url for the page. It is not, "Tyson's ugly comments target Palin," or some such, it is a mock celebration of their ugliness. The url in text: http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/16/mike-tyson-sarah-palin-met-the-wombshifter/
Consequently, there is nothing in the original posting to suggest the publication affiliated with Tucker Carlson, who once called Palin a MILF (Mother I'd Like To F*ck) was intended to do anything but spew more filth in Sarah Palin's direction, evidently for some sick, misguided reason.
In addition to trying to cover their tracks with the late addition of an editor's note, Poor himself took to Twitter to suggest he may sue this blog for bringing attention to his ugly and irresponsible idea of political journalism. That threat was also recirculated by Poor's Caller colleagues Matt Lewis and Alex Pappas and perhaps others by now. What makes that so laughable, even as a means of intimidating this blog is that, no takedown request has been issued and the threats of lawsuit contain an actual link to a post on this blog Poor apparently foolishly thinks may defame him. In effect, the Daily Caller staff itself has now drawn more attention to any alleged defamation than the original blogger ever did.
Consequently, as it's as laughable as it is weak, it's seen as a pathetic attempt at intimidation, perhaps meant to dissaude this blog from further highlighting the vile nature of Poor's original story, sans editor's note, which even Tucker Carlson is now trying to backtrack from on Twitter.
I think this is grounds for a lawsuit (via @DanRiehl) http://tinyurl.com/3dv43hk
Note to Jeff Poor. In the future, should you ever genuinely feel defamed, or slandered in some way, it's usually best to not do everything you can to circulate it before taking official action to have said content removed - you dumbazz.
Were it up to me, Poor and the editor reponsible for the initial vile item would be dismissed. But it's not. That question, along with at least two others, remains. Why would the Daily Caller think it appropriate to slime a Mother of young children and prominent Republican in such a manner. Also, as regards Jeff Poor, as I already asked, why do you think it appropriate to combine comments on homosexuality with an image of a young boy? At best, it appears to be very poor judgment for a public figure with a web presence as a would be journalist.
