Rachel Mad-Cow's False Attack Leads To Threats Against ConservativeOn her MSNBC show last night, the left-wing Air America host Rachel Maddow took a swipe at the conservative Shirley & Banister Public
Affairs firm, specifically President & CEO Craig Shirley. Maddow accused Shirley of being behind a grassroots Web site funded by the group Grassfire.org, based on research provided by the "independent watchdog group Public Citizen," and she showed still images from an incendary "Obama=Hitler" video that's still posted on the Grassfire's ResistNet.com Web site.
BUT MADDOW WAS WRONG. THE PUBLIC CITIZEN WEB PAGE SHE CITED IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD. Shirley & Bannister hasn't represented Grassfire.org since 2004, and Diana Banister, a partner and Vice President at Shirley & Banister, told Newsbusters that Maddow's false report has led to hate mail and even death threats to the public relations firm. (Let's see if the left-wing thuggery gets any attention from the MSM.)
Craig Shirley and Diana Banister are demanding a retraction and apology from Maddow. They have sent a letter to Maddow that reads, in part:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/08/14/msnbc-hosts-false-attack-leads-threats-against-conservative