{"id":28697,"date":"2015-06-07T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T22:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=28697"},"modified":"2015-06-07T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T22:51:26","slug":"tempest-in-a-tea-bag-marco-rubios-traffic-ticket-troubles-and-right-wing-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=28697","title":{"rendered":"Tempest In A Tea Bag: Marco Rubio’s Traffic Ticket Troubles And Right-Wing Hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “liberal”<\/em> New York Times is taking heat for having published an Internet blurb<\/a> detailing the rap sheet for the Rubio family on file with the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles. It seems that the senator, and aspiring presidential candidate, and his wife racked up some seventeen tickets for speeding, careless driving, etc. The Times’ item was posted on Friday at a time generally reserved for “news dumps.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It is unlikely that anyone at the Times regraded the story as an earth shattering bombshell and, absent any assistance from self-serving demagogues, it would probably have rolled off the media radar in half an hour or so. And that’s where the self-serving demagogues come in.<\/p>\n

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The conservative media regulars snapped to attention and immediately began castigating the Times for having reported a true, albeit trivial story. The effect of their accumulated outrage was to turn an online throwaway into a three day (and counting) event. Participating in the bash-fest were…<\/p>\n