Yesterday we reported a strange story that brought attention to the intersection of satirical writing, hyper-partisan politics, and how the viral nature of the Internet has little regard for the truth, when fake quotes from a piece of comedic fiction were passed off as real by conservative bloggers. Today the story gets better, since GOP Presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry also advanced a fake quote that appeared in the same satirical piece by The Toronto Globe and Mail‘s Mark Schatzker. Oops. Some background. Schatzker wrote a satirical essay that seemed to mock the hyperbole and hyperventilation on both sides of the Occupy movement, that listed quotes of fabricated participants of Occupy Toronto. At the very top of the post is the “satire” label, though that was clearly missed by conservative bloggers, many of whom wrote about it, which were apparently forwarded by many readers of these right-of-center sites. One such quote was from a fictional 38 year-old protester named Jeremy:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=105008