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Fake Bin Laden Picture Fools Three Senators, Including Scott Brown

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Fooled by the gruesome photo of a dead Osama bin Laden that’s been making its way around the internet? So was Senator Scott Brown.

Senator Brown had told Boston’s Fox 25 that he agreed with the White House’s decision to not release the photo so as not to further incite retaliation by extremists, noting that he had seen the image himself:

Later, Brown told the Fox News affiliate that the “photo that I saw and that a lot of other people saw is not authentic.”


CBS News’ website reports
that two other senators – Georgia’s Saxby Chambliss and New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte – were also duped by the tampered image.

Said Chambliss:

While I was shown a photo by another senator of what appeared to be a deceased Osama bin Laden, I do not know if it was authentic. However, I do believe a photo of the dead al Qaeda leader should be released. Although some may be upset by the image of someone who has been shot in the head, releasing a photo is important to put to rest any conspiracy theories that may arise around the world and to provide for closure.

Moral of the story? Approach news and photos of supposedly deceased celebrities (/monstrous terrorist masterminds) with extreme caution.

h/t Fox 25 via CBSNews.com, Gawker

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  • BatBoy

    This administratation has created a Royal “Cluster F**K” right before our eyes.

    They snatched “Defeat” out of the Jaws of “Victory!”

    In a way…I feel sorry for them on some sort of level….

  • illusive man

    It dosen’t matter if it’s a Democrat or Republican, the nanny’s of the nanny state will do their damndest to censor anything they deemed to extreme for the American people.

    Or in other words, they think we are all children.

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    BatBoy said:
    They snatched “Defeat” out of the Jaws of “Victory!”

    lol…please more “defeats” like this one.

    “The glow of national pride seemed to rise above partisan politics, as support for the president rose significantly among both Republicans and independents. In all, 57 percent said they now approved of the president’s job performance, up from 46 percent last month.”

  • BatBoy

    BeckFinallyDemoted said:
    as support for the president rose significantly among both Republicans and independents. In all, 57 percent said they now approved of the president’s job performance, up from 46 percent last month.”

    He has already droppd to 48% in Rasmussen.
    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history

  • illusive man

    illusive man said:
    It dosen’t matter if it’s a Democrat or Republican, the nanny’s of the nanny state will do their damndest to censor anything they deemed to extreme for the American people. Or in other words, they think we are all children.

    Once those people’s stomachs starts rumbling again and they remember they don’t have the gas or money to go to the grocery store, those poll numbers will go down again.

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    BatBoy said:
    He has already droppd to 48% in Rasmussen.
    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history

    Rasmussen were the most unreliable pollsters of the last election cycle…

    “The 105 2010 polls released in Senate and gubernatorial races by Rasmussen Reports and its subsidiary, Pulse Opinion Research, missed the final margin between the candidates by 5.8 points, a considerably higher figure than that achieved by most other pollsters. Some 13 of its polls missed by 10 or more points, including one in the Hawaii Senate race that missed the final margin between the candidates by 40 points, the largest error ever recorded in a general election in FiveThirtyEight’s database, which includes all polls conducted since 1998.

    Moreover, Rasmussen’s polls were quite biased, overestimating the standing of the Republican candidate by almost 4 points on average. In just 12 cases, Rasmussen’s polls overestimated the margin for the Democrat by 3 or more points. But it did so for the Republican candidate in 55 cases — that is, in more than half of the polls that it issued.”

    Just sayin.

  • kvon

    BatBoy said:
    This administratation has created a Royal “Cluster F**K” right before our eyes.

    They snatched “Defeat” out of the Jaws of “Victory!”

    In a way…I feel sorry for them on some sort of level….

    Huh? Do you even follow the news, we killed bin Laden you retard!

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    I want to see Palin’s real face.
    What is she hiding under that fake mask of make-up?

    I know it might be disturbing but the people have a right to know.

  • Gasket

    illusive man said:
    It dosen’t matter if it’s a Democrat or Republican, the nanny’s of the nanny state will do their damndest to censor anything they deemed to extreme for the American people.

    Or in other words, they think we are all children.

    While I agree with your premise, isn’t your conclusion sorta true? The electorate in this country acts like a child. How else can you explain people wanting to significantly cut the deficits for example and at the same time — resisting budget cuts on the very things that contribute much to that deficit?

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    White House ineptitude on display…
    this is going from mildly amusing to uncomfortably embarrassing…

  • Gasket

    BatBoy said:
    He has already droppd to 48% in Rasmussen.
    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history

    Do you follow polls at all? It’s fallacious to claim a “drop” in polls. Obama’s ratings have actually remained quite stable for about a year and a half. You don’t have to believe me, ask your buddy Rass.

    When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture.

    Look at the trends.
    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_month_by_month

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    we will know if it is full fledged Lefty panic if the pre-taped 60 Minutes interview airs a bit truncated…

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    BeckFinallyDemoted said:
    I want to see Palin’s real face.What is she hiding under that fake mask of make-up? I know it might be disturbing but the people have a right to know.

    on a post where Palin is not mentioned… you are calling Palin ugly… childish or blind?

  • Upper Plateau

    Alex Alvarez says: Moral of the story? Approach news and photos of supposedly deceased celebrities (/monstrous terrorist masterminds) with extreme caution. You could also approach some of these stupid Mediaite Stories with the same kind of caution.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    political pile on?
    Osama info leaking out is making WH look foolish…
    Luckily Gates, Hillary, and Panetta were the adults in the room when the real decision needed to made…

  • Skippy

    Let’s see here.

    What do those 3 imbeciles have in common?

    Scott Brown
    Saxby Chambliss
    Kelly Ayotte

    Besides craving attention?

  • Truth

    BeckFinallyDemoted said:
    I want to see Palin’s real face.What is she hiding under that fake mask of make-up? I know it might be disturbing but the people have a right to know.

    She is really a man!

  • Tedderman

    There’s no way that picture can ever be shown to the public, his grill is all “Trigged” up.

  • Resistance Is Futile

    Some knuckle head showed me the fake photos early Wednesday. I told them it was obviously a fake. It ahows just how plain dumb some of our elected officials are.

  • Newsjunky

    “Fools” being the operative word here. What idiots.

  • George C

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    Some knuckle head showed me the fake photos early Wednesday. I told them it was obviously a fake. It ahows just how plain dumb some of our elected officials are.

    You’re obviously the product of the most morally bankrupt of families, yes , armwood ?

  • goldmind

    DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! DNA!
    HIS BLOOD DNA! HIS BLOOD DNA! HIS BLOOD DNA! HIS BLOOD DNA! HIS BLOOD DNA! HIS BLOOD DNA!
    BRAIN MATTER! BRAIN MATTER! BRAIN MATTER! BRAIN MATTER! BRAIN MATTER! BRAIN MATTER!
    Hey, maybe they will show us his private parts, and we can get one of his 40 wives to identify it?

  • Resistance Is Futile

    George C said:
    You’re obviously the product of the most morally bankrupt of families, yes , armwood ?

    Who is Armwood?

  • ProObamaAgenda

    Dear Scott, Kelly and Saxby,
    When I’m ready to show you the photos of a deceased Bin Laden I’ll invite you to the Oval Office along with the entire Republican Caucus, I’ll have you form a circle around my big ass Presidents Chair, holding hands to insure you do it right. Then I’ll have you sit down on the floor and cross your legs like good little boys and girls..I suggest the girls wear pants for this..OK…2 hours later after you’ve accomplished this task to my satisfaction I’ll open up the Holy Koran that I used for my swearing in ceremony in 2009, The one I also store my keepsake photos in..In there is the picture of Bin Laden with a big ass hole in his head. Be prepared though because the photo is shocking..OK ??. Now let me inform you that this is the only official White House Photo of the event, any other pictures are total bullshit, Ive scheduled this event for Oct 2012 about 1 week b4 election day, until then I’m completely satisfied with you making a total ass out of yourselves…Hope to see your face in the place
    My Best Regards,
    Barack H. Obama
    PS….please call me Simba for short thats my nickname you know

  • George C

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    Who is Armwood?

    The screen name that you used to use of course . Here’s an old thread to refresh your memory , I left you a note there .

    http://tinyurl.com/3vun9bv

  • timcajun

    BatBoy says:
    He has already droppd to 48% in Rasmussen.
    ……………………
    Rasmussen, really? Let’s just do a Glenn Beck poll or a Hannity! Keep the spin alive!

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