Wish fulfillment stories for the liberal media pop up again and again and this is the latest one:
Inconsistencies have cropped up in the story of a Syrian-American blogger reported to have been kidnapped by three armed men in Damascus, and now her very existence is being questioned.
The original reports, based largely on the account of a cousin of the blogger, Amina Arraf, said that Arraf was kidnapped on her way to the Syrian capital. She was highly regarded in some circles because she was an open lesbian and she condemned the Syrian government during its recent crackdown on protesters.
But a British woman came forward and said the ubiquitous picture said to be of the blogger was actually of her. Associated Press reporters tried to track down family and friends of the blogger in Virginia, where she was was said to have been born, but no public records were found with her name or her parents' names.
LINKThere's a lot more at the link but it makes me laugh that there are some news outlets out there that think we should have to pay for the crap that they dish out on a daily basis. Their over reliance on spell check is bad enough. Publishing fake stories like this, though, is just plain lazy and stupid.