Pruden Gets Played

There's no fool like an old bigot, as Wesley Pruden demonstrates for us on a regular basis. The Moonie Times editor was forced to apologize for printing an e-mail under the name of a State Department Ambassador who never wrote the missive.

The letter was sent to us, via e-mail, on Sunday from what appeared to be the ambassador's e-mail address at the State Department," Mr. Pruden said. "The standard procedure at The Times is to verify all letters to the editor; this procedure was not followed in this instance. We will find out why, and make changes in procedures as necessary. The Times regrets the embarrassment, which we fully share � to Ambassador Minikes, to Secretary Powell, and to the State Department."

Of course, the last sentence is gibberish. Why should Minikes or Colin Powell be embarassed by the fake e-mail? The shame belongs to the Times and the neo-Confederate clowns like Pruden who run it. And no one else.

Why it got published is the easy question -- it was published because McCarthyite sentiments expressed in it are shared by Pruden, Tony Blankley and the rest of the ill-informed Moonmen who pretend to be journalists. Why bother to confirm something that confirms your prejudices?

When Pruden apologizes for the rest of the crap he puts out on a daily basis, then I'll take his apology seriously.

(Thanks to mw and Sully Watch for this item.)