{"id":9101,"date":"2012-02-01T12:27:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T20:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2012-02-01T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T20:26:13","slug":"brad-on-hartmann-tv-on-vas-investigation-of-1500-fraudulent-signatures-from-gingrich-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9101","title":{"rendered":"Brad on Hartmann TV: On VA&#8217;s Investigation of 1,500 Fraudulent Signatures from Gingrich Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I joined Thom Hartmann on his <a href=\"http:\/\/ThomHartmann.com\/TV\"><i>Big Picture<\/i><\/a> TV show last night to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9099\">The BRAD BLOG&#8217;s exclusive report from earlier in the day<\/a> confirming the Virginia State Attorney General&#8217;s newly launched criminal investigation into the 1,500 allegedly fraudulent signatures turned in by the Gingrich Campaign in their failed attempt to be included on the VA GOP Primary ballot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"400\" height=\"301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/luuOkZ8TSDI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>By the way, since we broke the news yesterday morning, several outlets have picked up and\/or confirmed our report. Though, frankly, not as many as one would think given the nature and scope of the story. <i>Certainly<\/i> not as many who would have picked it up had either the now-defunct ACORN, or <i>any<\/i> Democrat been accused of doing the very same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Other than our report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/virginia-attorney-general-confirms-investigation-of-newt-gingrich-ballot-petition\/\">Tommy Christopher&#8217;s coverage at Mediaite<\/a> was probably the most detailed (and included both my name and a link to our story), followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/2012-presidential-campaign\/virginia-ag-investigating-gingrich-worker-over-fake-ballot-petition-signatures-20120131\">Dan Roem at <i>National Journal<\/i><\/a> (who credits the story to having &#8220;broke in the liberal blogosphere&#8221; &#8212; though at least he included a link here&#8230;even though that link was broken when I last checked), then <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2012\/01\/va-investigating-gingrich-claims-petition-fraud\">Julian Walker at <i>The Virginia-Pilot<\/i><\/a> (who didn&#8217;t bother to credit <i>anybody<\/i> for the story) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/blogs\/first-read-dmv\/Afternoon-Read-Virginia-AG-Launches-Investigation-Into-Gingrich-Campaign-138429029.html\">NBC4-Washington<\/a> who, in their short piece, <i>did<\/i> manage to mention and link properly to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There were a few other mentions (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/weigel\/2012\/01\/31\/opening_act_50_delegates.html\">Dave Weigel at Slate<\/a>, for example) but, far and away, the greatest way our stories are spread are by <i>you guys<\/i> and others spreading the word yourselves through comments at other sites, email, and via Twitter and Reddit. (The comments on the posting at Reddit &#8212; where a <i>huge<\/i> number of folks up-voted the story &#8212; were very, um, enlightening, as you&#8217;ll see if you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/politics\/comments\/p4iyb\/virginia_officials_confirm_criminal_election\/\">bother to read them<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Fox &#8220;News&#8221;, who mentions, actually <i>highlights<\/i>, every time an ACORN worker is accused of farting over the years (whether they actually farted or not) has yet to say a word about this story. Wonder why.<\/p>\n<p>Just thought you might be interested in how folks sometimes deal &#8212; or don&#8217;t &#8212; with original, exclusive stories that we break here. Sometimes they pick them up, sometimes they don&#8217;t. Sometimes they offer appropriate credit, quite often they don&#8217;t. 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