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Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck and Dangerous Lies in the Media
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Wed Jul 18 21:18:19 2012
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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:18:18 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | Something pretty major happened this week - one of the insidious, crazy and irresponsible statements made by Tea Party Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann jumped across the Atlantic Ocean and almost created an international incident.
Bachmann, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, was cited as a key source for an unsubstantiated rumor that the US government has been backing the Muslim Brotherhood political party in Egypt's recent elections - a charge that led to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade being pelted with tomatoes and shoes by angry protesters during her recent visit to Cairo. The rumor was apparently spread by far-right websites associated with Glenn Beck.
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Bachmann, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, was cited as a key =
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade being pelted with tomatoes a=
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