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Tuesday November 27th, 2007 3:56 AM by BHDC Staff  
Filed under: Journalism, Hillary Clinton, Politico, Ben Smith

Ben Smith, a staff writer for the Politico, had to correct a lengthy item yesterday regarding a pro-Hillary Clinton site that claimed to offer cash in return for positive comments about the candidate on other sites. Turns out the site was totally fake. Smith finally took note after his own commenters drew the obvious joke to his attention. “On further examination, this site is parody, or something,” he wrote. “Excuse my gullibility.”

Earlier: Politico Wrong Big Time on John Edwards Campaign

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  1. 1 Comment to 'Politico Pub Gets Duped By Hillary Parody Site'


  1. 1. Xeno said:


    Jeez, what an amateur that guy is! This isn’t the first time Smith has fallen for crap like this, is it? I seem to remember him going all in for a rumor that John Edwards was going to pull out of the race, only to have to retract the story later. He has had other miscues, too. If the politico wasn’t a freebie rag, they’d have fired him months ago.

    posted November 27th, 2007 at 5:27 am | Quote

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