It was an appropriate end to our first week of daily BradCast shows. In a week filled with quickly moving breaking news to keep us on our toes here at BRAD BLOG World News Headquarters, it ended with the breaking news of major criminal indictments in both the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore and in Chris Christie’s NJ “BridgeGate” scandal.
After covering both of those, my guest today was Larry Pfeifer, otherwise known as “Easton Eliot”, or the man who hoaxed Rush Limbaugh and the entire Rightwing media bubble into running with the false story that Harry Reid’s eye injury was caused by his brother who beat him up over the New Year’s holiday.
Larry, who says he has never been involved in politics — he told me he’s never even voted before! — explains exactly how the ruse came about, how the wingnuts fell for his scam hook, line and sinker, and why he’s now created CleanUpTheMedia.com in its wake.
Plus: Bernie Sanders raises a lot of money since announcing his candidacy for 2016; the loss of an R&B legend; and speaking of hoaxes, the NRA’s latest fund raising scam.
What a week! My thanks to all our fantastic guests this week and to all of our affiliate partners and listeners for your support! If you missed any of this week’s shows, they’re all here. We’re back Monday to do it all again! Enjoy today’s program!…
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Hi Brad, I think I heard you misuse the phrase “begs the question” in the a recent BradCast. “Begging the question” is a literal translation of some Latin phrase from the study of rhetoric, and it means to apply circular logic. Using the phrase in other contexts is annoying to people who know what it really means, and makes us write pedantic blog comments. And we wouldn’t want that.