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Related: About this forum‘I was checkmated’: Conservative columnist quits after being embarrassed by Neil deGrasse Tyson
ARTURO GARCIA
30 AUG 2016 AT 15:48 ET
Conservative radio host Neal Larson quit writing his column for an Idaho newspaper after he made news for being called out by Neil deGrasse Tyson over a major factual error, the Daily Kos reported.
The instant it was picked up nationally, I was checkmated, Larson wrote in his final column for the Twin Falls Times-News. I had no recourse, no comparable media platform at my disposal. It was as terrible and as helpless as you can imagine. Even more disappointing, a few people that I honestly thought were friends, shared online my unfortunate story with glee.
Larson ran afoul of the astrophysicist and Cosmos host last week when he accused deGrasse Tyson of insulting a 9-year-old girl on Twitter.
Unfortunately for Larson, his premise was based on a story in the satirical website Clickhole. Even worse, deGrasse Tyson commented on the article and thoroughly debunked his column.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/i-was-checkmated-conservative-columnist-quits-after-being-embarrassed-by-neil-degrasse-tyson/
http://idahostatejournal.com/members/neil-degrasse-tyson-responds-to-idaho-columnist-neal-larson/article_cc2192cf-3016-514c-b710-f84187bf2358.html
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Splendid to behold.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)You should know that.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)of course that would never happen. Limbaugh could be "Check mated" many times and he won't quit. He thinks he is the king of Conservative talk Radio shows, plus he makes some major dollars. Its not ever likely Rush would even admit to being wrong. Its not in the Republican's credo.
Initech
(100,060 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)The only way he would quit, is if he did something illegal and was arrested and thrown in prison. It may happen, he has done some pretty crazy things lately.
catbyte
(34,367 posts)shouldn't he be picking himself up by his own bootstraps? Maybe he figures if he whines loudly enough, he'll get a job as a Fox News contributor?
catbyte
(34,367 posts)dishonest hit piece, then plays the victim and cries about the harshness of it all when it blows up in his face. What a pathetic chump. He will be a perfect fit at Fox-PAC.
Aviation Pro
(12,143 posts)...fuck with astrophysicists, they have all the math.
3catwoman3
(23,970 posts)...name "Clickhole" would give me pause.
mainer
(12,022 posts)Some of them aren't even capable of feeling shame.
niyad
(113,232 posts)Skittles
(153,141 posts)who the hell would not have source-checked that story except for a right wing hack? Shows how easily propaganda works on these nitwits.
rug
(82,333 posts)I can understand his confusion.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)jonno99
(2,620 posts)struggle4progress
(118,273 posts)without unfair loss of my reputation as a journalist!"