HRC to censor, demand contact information of comics that poked fun of her

[Rudeboyelvis]

>>>video of the short performance, which is less than three minutes, is posted on the website of the renowned club, Laugh Factory, and the Clinton campaign has tried to censor it. Besides demanding that the video be taken down, the Clinton campaign has demanded the personal contact information of the performers that appear in the recording. This is no laughing matter for club owner Jamie Masada, a comedy guru who opened Laugh Factory more than three decades ago and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many famous comics. “They threatened me,” Masada told Judicial Watch. “I have received complains before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don’t cut the video.”<<<

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/20...ng-fun-of-her/

Holy Sh!t. Enjoy what is left of freedom while you still have it.

[Danzig]

in a word, crazy.

[jms62]

Good maybe she'll crazy her way right out of the race

[Danzig]

http://www.slate.com/articles/double...sage_gets.html

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.slate.com/articles/double...sage_gets.html

Exactly. I clicked through and read the right-wing Judicial Watch link RBE posted and my first thought was, "This sounds fake." And sure enough, when questioned directly about it, the club owner admitted it could very well have been a prank. But the right doesn't want to admit that a story that is completely preposterous (Hillary has spent 20 years being insulted for her appearance, her marriage, etc. Why start taking offense now? It makes no sense). From the article:

"What we have here is a small-scale demonstration of how the Hillary smear sausage gets made. It starts with a claim that’s ambiguous at best, fabricated at worst, and then interpreted in the most invidious possible light. The claim is reported in one outlet and amplified on Twitter. Other outlets then report on the report, repeating the claim over and over again. Talk radio picks it up. Maybe Fox News follows. Eventually the story achieves a sort of ubiquity in the right-wing media ecosystem, which makes it seem like it’s been confirmed. Soon it becomes received truth among conservatives, and sometimes it even crosses into the mainstream media. If you watched the way the Clintons were covered in the1990s, you know the basics of this process. If you didn’t, you’re going to spend the next year—and maybe the next nine years—learning all about it."

As the old adage goes, a lie gets halfway around the world in the time it takes the truth to pull its boots on.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Yes thank God that finally a "left-leaning" e-rag called the Clinton campaign to get the formal denial. Knowing her track record, she most certainly would have fessed up to it if it were true. All better now. That was close.

For the record, the club owner (a registered democrat) stands by the story.

The fact is, no one except the caller knows the validity of the threat.

I'm just glad I can finally sleep knowing it is 100% false now that the Clinton campaign said so.