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rug

(82,333 posts)
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 07:40 AM Aug 2016

‘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
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‘I was checkmated’: Conservative columnist quits after being embarrassed by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Original Post) rug Aug 2016 OP
Ah....watching the Streisand Effect happen has never brought me so much schadenfreude. nt msanthrope Aug 2016 #1
Rarely is such a total putdown acknowledged. rug Aug 2016 #2
There's a lesson you should learn. cleanhippie Aug 2016 #14
No, it's one I teach. rug Aug 2016 #19
Please make Rush Limbaugh QUIT yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #3
I want to see him make Alex Jones quit. Initech Aug 2016 #10
Alex Jones is mentally deranged... yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #12
Oh, boo effing hoo. Another conservative"victim". They should just rename themselves"the whiners." catbyte Aug 2016 #4
I know NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #6
What a joke. He attempts to take down one of the planet's towering intellects with a careless, catbyte Aug 2016 #8
Don't... Aviation Pro Aug 2016 #5
Not familiar with that particular site, but the very... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #7
Give him this: he's able to feel embarrassed. mainer Aug 2016 #9
he isn't embarrassed--he is angry and defensive. niyad Aug 2016 #17
he sucked as a writer anyways Skittles Aug 2016 #11
You mean this is not true? rug Aug 2016 #20
OMG Skittles Aug 2016 #21
He sounds like a drama queen. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #13
Very classy response from NDT. "Killed him with kindness" nt jonno99 Aug 2016 #15
"Nowadays it's getting so I can't spread false stories anymore struggle4progress Aug 2016 #16
lol Angry Dragon Aug 2016 #18

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
3. Please make Rush Limbaugh QUIT
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 08:22 AM
Aug 2016

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.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
12. Alex Jones is mentally deranged...
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 09:57 AM
Aug 2016

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)
4. Oh, boo effing hoo. Another conservative"victim". They should just rename themselves"the whiners."
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 08:23 AM
Aug 2016

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
6. I know
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 08:45 AM
Aug 2016

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)
8. What a joke. He attempts to take down one of the planet's towering intellects with a careless,
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 09:14 AM
Aug 2016

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.

Skittles

(153,141 posts)
11. he sucked as a writer anyways
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 09:29 AM
Aug 2016

who the hell would not have source-checked that story except for a right wing hack? Shows how easily propaganda works on these nitwits.

struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
16. "Nowadays it's getting so I can't spread false stories anymore
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:41 PM
Aug 2016

without unfair loss of my reputation as a journalist!"

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