Michelle Malkin posts phone #'s of lib college students

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Top Republican blogger posts phone numbers of liberal college students on Web site, students say they're now receiving death threats
by John in DC - 4/19/2006 05:03:00 PM


And what's worse, Michelle Malkin, the blogger in question, who just happens to be the top Republican blogger, is refusing to take the phone numbers off of her Web site, even though the kids in question have evidence to show they're getting death threats as a result of Malkin's actions.

Posting phone numbers is a time-honored method of political activism. But, there are rules, albeit unwritten.

First off, I would never post the personal phone number of anyone (unless they posted mine first). And if I did so inadvertently, and the person notified me of that fact, I would take the number down - especially after people were getting death threats.

For example, last year during the Jeff Gannon/James Guckert episode, I had access to Gannon's home phone number. I didn't post it because I felt it would have been inappropriate to do so. Some visitors to this blog also posted in the comments what they claimed was Gannon's publicly available social security number - I deleted it as soon as I became aware of it.