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Hey, Michelle, It’s Your Asterisk

May 17, 2005

A headline from Michelle Malkin’s blog:

NEWSWEEK LIED*. PEOPLE DIED.

Scroll way down to the bottom of the post and you’ll find the asterisk explained:

*Didn’t think I needed to s-p-e-l-l i-t o-u-t, but some readers asked for clarification. Newsweek was reckless and sloppy and wrong. But I do not think the magazine “lied.” Just thought it a very appropriate moment to do a boomerang on the moonbats’ most dishonest and annoying meme.

Oh.

Thanks for clearing that up.

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