...and "crowd-sources" $100K in donations after being featured on MSNBC. This is something that Eric Cartman would do.
Only one problem. She's not poor.
Rothman: HuffPost’s Gut-Wrenching Poverty Editorial That Went Viral a Hoax
by Noah Rothman | 4:43 pm, December 3rd, 2013 video 160
In October, Linda Walther Tirado wrote a painful and heart-rending entitled Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty Thoughts, which chronicled her struggles with near abject poverty. This week, the post was republished in The Huffington Post where it spread like wildfire across the internet and made the jump from the web into cable news. On Tuesday, however, it was revealed that Tirado’s claims were a dramatic exaggeration.
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Tirado’s republished confessional in The Huffington Post received more than 4 million views and was featured by MSNBC host Touré. He was clearly moved by the plight of this woman.
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But an investigation into Tirado’s background by the Houston Press’ Angelica Leicht revealed that the blog post’s author is a private-school-educated Democratic activist who wildly exaggerated her circumstances. She owns a home as the result of her parent’s generosity. She has worked in politics since 2004 and has called herself a private political consultant since 2010.
People like that wind up hurting people who really do need money. If you hear a sob story that maybe you would have been willing to throw some money at, every fraudster like this makes you less and less likely to help.
USN_Hokie wrote:...and "crowd-sources" $100K in donations after being featured on MSNBC. This is something that Eric Cartman would do.
Only one problem. She's not poor.
Rothman: HuffPost’s Gut-Wrenching Poverty Editorial That Went Viral a Hoax
by Noah Rothman | 4:43 pm, December 3rd, 2013 video 160
In October, Linda Walther Tirado wrote a painful and heart-rending entitled Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty Thoughts, which chronicled her struggles with near abject poverty. This week, the post was republished in The Huffington Post where it spread like wildfire across the internet and made the jump from the web into cable news. On Tuesday, however, it was revealed that Tirado’s claims were a dramatic exaggeration.
...
Tirado’s republished confessional in The Huffington Post received more than 4 million views and was featured by MSNBC host Touré. He was clearly moved by the plight of this woman.
...
But an investigation into Tirado’s background by the Houston Press’ Angelica Leicht revealed that the blog post’s author is a private-school-educated Democratic activist who wildly exaggerated her circumstances. She owns a home as the result of her parent’s generosity. She has worked in politics since 2004 and has called herself a private political consultant since 2010.
yep, I don't believe much of anything on the internet and don't give to beggars or people that come up to you at stores with sob stories..... to many fraudsters and I trust Nobody
BigDave wrote:People like that wind up hurting people who really do need money. If you hear a sob story that maybe you would have been willing to throw some money at, every fraudster like this makes you less and less likely to help.
