Not a Brainstem: Al Sharpton

Alex Johnson, the author of the MSNBC article I quoted in the my Brainstem post about Al Sharpton, commented that the blog entry attributed to Rev. Sharpton is really a hoax...here is what he wrote:

Matt:

This is Alex Johnson, the author of the MSNBC story. Just for the record, I have determined that the Sharpton "blog" entry is a hoax and have issued a correction. I'd hate to see Mr. Sharpton get slammed for something he didn't actually say.

Alex Johnson

MSNBC.com

And here is the correction on MSNBC.com:

An earlier version of this article quoted from a blog entry purportedly by the Rev. Al Sharpton. MSNBC.com has determined that the blog is a hoax. In July, Sharpton signed a letter with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals condemning dogfighting, saying: “Dogfighting is unacceptable. Hurting animals for human leasure or gain is despicable. Cruelty is just plain wrong.”

For the record: Al Sharpton is not a brainstem and thanks to Alex for the correction.

Brainstem of the Day: Al Sharpton

Brett Favre gets dragged through the mud...er...water by someone who honest to God thought he could be the President of the United States...don't count on Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes...

“If the police caught Brett Favre (a white quarterback for the Green Bay Packers) running a dolphin-fighting ring out of his pool, where dolphins with spears attached to their foreheads fought each other, would they bust him? Of course not,” Sharpton wrote Tuesday on his personal blog.

“They would get his autograph, commend him on his tightly spiraled forward passes, then bet on one of his dolphins.”

See the next post for an UPDATE.

Brainstem of the Day

Camille Paglia, discusses the death of art films and things she has no clue about:

The waning of art film has been just one of the bitter cultural disappointments that the baby-boom generation has had to endure. Rock music, which exploded in the artistic renaissance of the '60s and '70s, seems to have exhausted its formulas. At the moment, hip-hop and disco-derived dance music enjoy far greater prestige everywhere.

Brainstem #1

In honor of Atrios' regular feature, Wanker of the Day, I will have Brainstem of the Day...

Michael Savage.