Michelle Malkin runs in fear from Southern Poverty Law Center

[ck4829]

From implying that undocumented immigrants were responsible for the mortgage crisis to promoting falsehoods about a brutal murder in Tennessee, syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin has never let the facts get in the way of her rants.

Now, in a column this week criticizing a U.S. Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism, Malkin has made another utterly erroneous assertion: “The SPLC,” she wrote, “has designated the venerable American Legion a ‘hate group’ for its stance on immigration enforcement.” The claim rapidly spread to right-wing sites on the Internet and elsewhere.

In fact, the SPLC has never listed the legion as a “hate group” nor put it on any other kind of list. Intelligence Project Director Mark Potok on Thursday wrote Malkin and her syndicate to demand a retraction of the libelous statement. “Your assertion … amounts to reckless disregard of the truth,” he stated in an E-mail sent early Thursday. As of Friday afternoon, however, the SPLC had received no response.

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/04/17/dhs-report-provokes-lies-slurs-from-%E2%80%98mainstream%E2%80%99-pundits/

Come on Michelle, when are you going to respond?

[ixion]

1. a "reckless disregard of the truth" is the hallmark of the neocon movement

so no one should be surprised that scumbags like Malkin write as they do.

[elleng]

6. AND 'wreckless disregard' is a standard for a finding of

DEFAMATION!

SPLC didn't use those terms off-handedly, IMO.

[Zenlitened]

10. Ding!!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Lex]

16. First thing I thought of. The element needed for a successful defamation suit.

nt

[peace frog]

11. No one here is "surprised"

but plenty disgusted with that harpy from hell. I would LOVE to see the SPLC, or any progressive group for that matter, take that harridan down baby down.

[Johonny]

21. I always wonder which of them

know what they write and say is total crap and which ones actually are totally crazy. It's not so easy to tell.

[PufPuf23]

26. Leo Strauss and the "Noble Lie"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss

[DFW]

2. Holding your breath could be detrimental to your health.

Hate commentators like Malkin don't lie. At the most, they make statements that become inoperative.

[KharmaTrain]

3. This Gimmick Is Wearing So Thin...

Malkin is so predictable...and so transparent. She plays to a small base of dead-enders who include some in the corporate media world...she knows that if she spews some bile, she gets attention.

Right now the right wingers are involved in a massive pissing match. From rushbo to billo to coultergeist to malkin, each tries to out top each other with fear and hate...playing on their dead-end base to bark like dogs every time they hear the whistles.

The saving grace is with each stunt, the rushpublicans go further off the political abyss...alienating far more than they attract.

[Chipper Chat]

8. RUSHpublicans - I love it.

Spread it around. Much better than ReSteeleicans. Or ReGingrichicans. Or RePalintologycans.

[Supersedeas]

15. Reskanklicans

[depakid]

4. How sweet would it be to see her sorry ass sued for defamation

[intheflow]

13. Like the sweetest candy on the sweetest lips of the sweetest baby.

:evilgrin:

[chill_wind]

14. Oh say it! I so agree.

NASTY sorry ass.

[MADem]

5. I think they oughta sue her for a big payday.

How would she like it if they called her a prostitute?

Perhaps the American Legion could weigh in here, too. That would fix her little red wagon.

[Historic NY]

7. Well she is a RW media whore.

[Johonny]

20. Just once I'd like someone actually harmed by these people

to do that. They clearly have a case. Why not a class action lawsuit.

[Nostalgic]

9. Reactionary bitch

[UTUSN]

12. K&R #4. When? When O'LOOFAH apologizes for anything!1 n/t

[leveymg]

17. Michelle Malkin has ants in her pants.

And, she likes it. Not torture, at all.

[Vickers]

18. Smooth move, Michelle...defame a bunch of lawyers.

:rofl:

[WillyT]

19. Kick... 'Til She Apologizes...

:evilgrin:

:shrug:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

22. I hope they do sue that witch...

The SPLC is one of my yearly donations and I would love to see my money using to sue her. Maybe if they do sue her the rest of them will think twice when they make outrageous and false claims about a person or an organization.

[mnhtnbb]

23. When has Malkin ever concerned herself with truth? Facts? She and other

right wing talking heads just make stuff up. All the time. They are so used to getting away with it.

I hope the SPLC sues her a$$.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. She'll comment on Monday when she can get more attention.

Then, drag it out for as long as she can.

Publicity is hard to get when you have nothing worthwhile to say.

[Kajsa]

25. It's not on their Hate Group Map.

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp#s=CA

You can check every state, they are in alphabetical order.

Malkin owes the SPLC an apology.

Their 'Teaching Tolerance' program is second to none.

[flygal]

27. I just donated to the SPLC!

Already getting my money's worth! They do a good job.

[Bluebear]

28. Ms. Magdalang doesn't let the truth get in the way of her idiocy.

[roody]

29. SPLC usually wins its legal battles. This will be good.