https://twitter.com/RyuSpaeth/status/296384158870167553
Kudos to them.
Now if we could just get David Frum, Matthew Keys, MSNBC, the New York Daily News, and all the rest to admit it. (Update: Matthew Keys has now acknowledged that the alleged heckling never occurred.)
Hey @piersmorgan, I found the name of the Newtown heckler: Lennay Kekua.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 30, 2013
@piersmorgan . By your logic, anytime I answer my professor's questions in class, I am heckling them?
— Scott Alan (@brechtscott) January 29, 2013
The Sandy Hook heckler vid is fake, but the Web was full of cretins who endorsed it. So it's fake, but not false.@pattonoswalt @davidfrum
— Lando Kardashian (@LandoKardashian) January 30, 2013
Piers Morgan, however, won’t get off the story. Typical.
Hours after Sandy Hook heckler story falls apart, @PiersMorgan brings on the parent who was "heckled." #StandingOnGravesAgain
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 29, 2013
It’s come to the point where not even Morgan can deny that the “heckling” claim is indefensible; even office-mate Anderson Cooper quickly deleted a tweet tonight claiming that Neil Heslin was “shouted down” — an even greater stretch of the truth than saying he was heckled. Morgan’s not letting this one go so easily, though.
AN APOLOGY: No, those gun supporters didn't 'heckle' Neil Heslin – they just shamed themselves with their disgusting behaviour. My mistake.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 30, 2013
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How can anyone shout 'My 2nd Amendment rights!' at a man asking why anyone needs the assault rifle that murdered his son? Just repulsive.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 30, 2013
How dare anyone answer a question? Wait, don’t answer that … that would constitute heckling. As far as repulsive behavior? We think Morgan’s got a solid grasp on that. Keep dancing, Piers.
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Update: It seems Piers Morgan doesn’t have the sense that his colleague Anderson Cooper does. He kicked off his show tonight by repeating the same “shouted down” lie that Cooper deleted just an hour earlier.
.@DLoesch Now .@piersmorgan is framing it as "shouting down" Mr.Heslin… He's such a tabloid journalist… #AnythingForRatings
— Topher Carlton (@TopherCarlton) January 30, 2013
.@piersmorgan They answered(not shouted) a question that was asked directly to them twice. They respectfully stayed silent the first time.
— MikeySansLOL (@MikeySansLOL) January 30, 2013
@piersmorgan they answered his question, it was debate. Sadly debate is usually only possible after tragedy. So is your grandstanding, POS!
— Julian turner conn (@Turnerconn) January 30, 2013
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Update: We’d like to nominate Jim Treacher for some sort of excellence in tweeting award for managing to perfectly recap the whole “heckling” affair in fewer than 140 characters.
@piersmorgan He asked a question. He took their silence as assent. They clarified. You lied about it and exploited a grieving man. Congrats.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) January 30, 2013
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Hours after heckling hoax was debunked, UPI posts selectively-edited video
Ace of Spades shreds media for perpetuating Newtown heckling hoax
David Frum doubles down on ‘heckling’ lie; Update: Triples down
Sickening: Piers Morgan pimps interview with ‘heckled’ Sandy Hook victim’s father
Reuters editor who got Newtown ‘heckling’ story wrong goes on factually-challenged anti-Twitchy rant
Outrageous: How the left-wing media lied about Newtown ‘hecklers’
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