Does saying, "It's a rumour..."
Get you off the hook?
Now I'd be the last person in this country to defend celebrity life partner and uber-pinko Member of Parliament Olivia Chow from the slings and arrows of outrageous bloggers... but isn't self-celebrated lawyer and new media consultant Jason Cherniak pushing the envelope of civility and indeed legality, with his unsourced, so-called rumour?
Says Cherniak...
The rumour around TO (Let me be very clear; I am not suggesting that the rumour is true. I am only stating that it is out there.) is that Olivia Chow won because NDP supporters from across the city voted early and often at different polling stations in Trinity-Spadina.I guess the disclaimer is his inner-lawyer talking.
Regardless, I'd like to see Jason "man-up" and tell us who, besides himself, is spreading, without a shred of evidence to prove it, this malicious rumour.
UPDATE: Civitatensis finds more "weenies" at the roast
The rumour around the internet (Let me be very clear; I am not suggesting that the rumour is true. I am only stating that it is out there.) is that Jason Cherniak sexually harrassed a female member of the Liberal Party by threatening to ruin her reputation after she refused to go out on a date with him.HOLY SHIT: It's officially out of control
cycles2k Says:LAST WORD: Cherniak climbs down... sort of
March 25th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
There is a rumour that McClelland has a secret crush on Cherniak and that is why he cannot stop talking about him. (Let me be very clear; I am not suggesting that the rumour is true. I am only stating that it is out there because I just made it up).
No apology for Olivia Chow, just Trinity-Spadina.
So, to be clear, I am sorry for using Trinity-Spadina as an example in my initial post. However, that does not change the fact that I made the mistake in good faith.And it's not libel, it's, well... a mistake.
CLARIFICATION: Cherniak's not sorry at all
It's actually the fault of his unnamed high-level sources and the rest of the dumbass blogosphere...
Sorry, but I would not have posted this if I had not heard it from credible people.
Frankly, though, I didn't realize that so many bloggers were so clueless about the rumours out there.
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Used properly and sparingly this could be a very effective weapon against lefty journalists and columnists. Hee hee.
Especially if you do complete research, choose your "rumour's" subject matter carefully and seed it with *JUST ENOUGH* truth to make the innuendo work.
Hee hee. The left has been pulling this sh*t for years. What goes around comes around you lefty, MSM f**ks. Payback is gonna be a bitch. ;D
I heard that Cherniak himself started the rumour about him leaning on a chick for a date - all part of an elaborate ruse if you know what I mean...
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the way this rumour thing works... you can make vague references to alien abduction and not have to back it up.
i think jason may have learned a lesson.
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I doubt Cherniak has learned a lesson. He is as thick as a post. Start your own rumours about Cheriak here.
http://www.thiscanada.com/2007/03/26/thick-as-a-post/
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ah well... to quote comic strip calvin... "live and don't learn, that's us"
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As once stated:
"It's a very reliable rumour. I should know, I started it myself."
Good work Jason. Putz.
I see Cherniak is taking a cue from one of his old law school chums:
Judge: Mr. Hutz, we've been in here for four hours. Do you have any evidence at all?
Hutz: Well, Your Honor, we've plenty of hearsay and conjecture. Those are kinds of evidence.
I think we're being too hard on Jason Cherniak. On the other hand, it really is nice to hear about Jason without someone mentioning necrophilia. Those rumours were starting to creep me out.
Jason says, "However, if you have any faith in my honesty then you will believe that I would not have mentioned it unless I believed it was really out there. "
And the rest of the blogosphere repies, "Well, there's your problem..."
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"Another_Sean said... And the rest of the blogosphere repies, "Well, there's your problem..."
too true.
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