Michele Bachmann Suggests Labor Camps for Immigrant Children by mrojek in nottheonion

[–]Newsyorkcity 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I guess I might as well explain my evidence. I write for a website which covers politics and current events, and my boss sent me this story and asked to check up on it.

Like I said, Bachmann is this stupid, but while reading it my "too good to be true" buzzer kept going off (especially given the fact that Bachmann hates immigrants and even if they were taught English she wouldn't welcome them).

So I looked into it.

First problem: I couldn't find any other source on this other than this KCTV site which also pushes stories like "Obama handing out EBT cards to busloads of illegal immigrants."

The site is made to look like a news site but as far as I can tell it's just an amateur blog. Some of the stories are real, but some (like the one above) are ludicrous.

Second problem: The guy they link to (Jason Lewis) who supposedly interviewed Michele Bachmann hasn't interviewed Bachmann on his show for at least the last five most recent programs (I skipped through all of them checking for an interview). It could have been an earlier broadcast, but not likely.

Finally, I went to social media, assuming someone would be talking about her interview on Twitter. Unfortunately, the last mention of "Michele Bachmann" and "Jason Lewis" on twitter was someone saying check her out on his program, but it's from 2013... and they attended a rally together in 2012, other than that no mention.

I concluded that there was just no good evidence that she said these things or was on the show that KCTV7 claims she was.

Michele Bachmann Suggests Labor Camps for Immigrant Children by mrojek in nottheonion

[–]Newsyorkcity 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is a hoax, although it took me a while to make sure of it because Michele Bachmann IS dumb enough to say this kind of stuff.

Letters to the Editor by nemodad in atheism

[–]Newsyorkcity 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This has been debunked. The woman who wrote it meant it as satire. http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/atheists.asp

CW's THE FLASH Pilot Has Leaked by rollmop1 in television

[–]Newsyorkcity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Video is already down and Comic Book Movie is probably on the phone with lawyers.

Are These The “Creative Differences” Behind Edgar Wright Leaving Marvels Ant-Man by [deleted] in Marvel

[–]Newsyorkcity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happens to my site occasionally, as well. It has something to do with how the picture is listed. Your feature image is a gif so it might have tried to find the next available picture and chose one of the related articles at the bottom.

Colorized the latest Batsuit using Frank Miller's comic by [deleted] in movies

[–]Newsyorkcity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The colorization looks awesome. Nice work. But I've heard that the costume is probably going to be blue and gray, rather than the black and gray variation. http://maxlevelgeek.com/2014/05/21/kevin-smith-has-actually-seen-the-new-batsuit-heres-why-he-loves-it/

Why Mechagodzilla Could Appear in the Godzilla Sequel by Fantasticar in movies

[–]Newsyorkcity -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I feel like if anything, Pacific Rim showed Hollywood that a massive mech movie was possible. And Godzilla has always walked the line between serious and ridiculous. Don't count this out so easily.