
I’m a big fan of Comedy Central, so normally if they linked to a story of mine I’d think it was really cool. Hell, even if they were making fun of me I’d be pretty flattered. But not when they’re mocking me for the exact opposite of what I actually said.

The piece, written by someone calling themselves “Cubby Chaser”, was basically a “we’re above the fray” like dismissal of all the speculation Trent Lott resigned from the Senate because Larry Flynt found a connection between Lott and a gay escort; how it’s just sensationalized speculation by bloggers who are out for blood.
The line specifically linking to my post is “towering rock hard facts”, sarcastically inferring my post is full of trumped up charges.
Look, I make no bones about it; I’m a gossip blogger and have written my share of inane content but the Trent Lott post wasn’t it. Both Flynt and Benjamin Nicholas, the gay escort issued essentially “no comments” instead of denials which gives the story just enough weight to report as a third-party accusation. At no point did I say “Trent Lott is gay” or pass off something I didn’t know as fact.
And as for wanting to tear Lott apart, what I actually wrote was: “Personally I’m hoping it isn’t true, as I don’t think any politician should be driven from office for their sexuality.”
Does that sound like someone out for blood?
Yes an element of the post is speculative, but Cubby Chaser writes for a blog called Indecision 2008, and if he were to were to wait until he had all the facts before posting the facts he did have, he wouldn’t have a job until November 4, 2008.
Obviously this is again speculative but my guess is “Cubby Chaser” was carpet bombing Google with “Trent Lott gay” searches and in an effort to meet his deadline glanced over the blogs he was linking to instead of actually reading all of them. Which in a column criticizing bloggers for not doing their homework properly begs the question:
Why wasn’t he holding himself to the same standard?
Read Comedy Central’s blog HERE.
Read my original blog HERE.