In the matter of Cody Shearer Bob winds up compounding all of his
misstatements, while mounting no defense against the facts.  The only new
wrinkle he adds is this:

~>  EC> name on national TV.  Shearer says he got death threats
~>  EC> within MINUTES of the Matthews show that night. Internet
 
~>  According to his lawyer's statements, at least in some articles,
~>  it was days later. Gee... where does Earl get his facts.

He sometimes intentionally misuses pronouns to create false impressions,
and he does that here with "it."  If "it" refers to the
break-in to the
garage, it is obvious and irrelevant that that happened "days later."  But
what he wants readers to believe is that "it" means Shearer didn't get
threats until "days later."  That is the only interpretation that would
make his comment semi-relevant.

Thing is, the Richmond Herald Dispatch put an actual reporter on the story,
and he reported: "Shearer's spokesman said he started getting death threats
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after the "Hardball" program first was aired
May 11." 
Bill Kovach's book is even more specific: "The show had been over FOR ONLY
A FEW MINUTES when the first call came in.  It was an anonymous deep voice
threatening Shearer's life."

As for the rest, he still blames Limbaugh for what Matthews said, he still
mistakes Cody Shearer with a car tire, and he still maintains that Shearer
(or his tire) was saved "only" because the police
"caught" Hank Buchanan. 
In reality they did not "catch" him, and they didn't even contact his
lawyer until three days later looking for him.  He had checked himself into
a mental facility after the garage break-in, and left it temporarily to
turn himself in days later.  The whole story about Buchanan "going after"
Shearer with a knife and the police catching him and narrowly saving
Shearer's life is all just a pile of klahn.

The bottom line lesson of the whole thing is simple and often-restated. 
When Bobzo says someone else "creats a lie out of the whole cloth" it
simply means Bobzo is doing exactly that and trying to divert attention
from it.


 
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