{"id":28583,"date":"2012-02-02T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28583"},"modified":"2012-02-02T13:05:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:05:13","slug":"tah-in-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28583","title":{"rendered":"TAH in the Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a few minutes on the phone with Erik Wemple this morning who writes about the media in the Washington Post<\/a>. He wanted to hear about how we took down the Leo Webb lie<\/a>. So I gave you guys props;<\/p>\n

Lilyea says he\u2019s \u201c85 to 90 percent sure\u201d that it was his readers who forced the retractions. To confirm the claim, this blog has reached out to American Public Media (home of Marketplace) and to KQED and is awaiting responses.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Lilyea will wait for the next faker to emerge. When he launched This Ain\u2019t Hell six years ago, he focused on Iraq war opponents who lied about having served in the military. The Internet, however, insisted that he cast a wider net. \u201cMy readers decided I should out phonies everywhere,\u201d says Lilyea. \u201cThey\u2019re the ones who click my ads and get my income in, so I go where they send me.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, to me, the big victory in this isn’t our new-found media attention, but Wemple asked me for my DD214 before he published his post. So I think we’re getting through their thick skulls. Trust but verify. I call it winning.<\/p>\n

But read the whole article. I told him that I have the best readers in the world, that no one comes here to read my drivel, they come here to read your comments and the tips you send me. I remind myself of that every morning when I open my laptop and wonder WTF I’m going to write about today and some of you always come through for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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