It all started here.
A diary about Obama "campaigning" in Florida, against previous agreements.
It continued here, with kid oakland doing the leg-work Jerome SHOULD have done before writing his idiotic screed against Obama.
K.O. Made the rec list as he tends to do, then minutes later POOF!
It was no longer on the list.
When asked specifically why k.o.'s diary was no longer on the list, Jerome had the following to say.
Because he violated the guildlines here. You can make a practice of personal attacks on other blogs, but not here. If you don't like that, find another blog.
Can anyone realistically read kid's diary and find anything resembling a personal attack?
Jerome has fallen quite far, and he's taking MyDD along with him. Baseless smears, disingenuous attacks, and then CENSORING someone who called him out on his bullshit.
It's just sad. Kid Oakland did the leg work, double checked a story looking for the TRUTH, and then was censored for it.
Good on Kid for trying to get to the truth and holding EVERYONE to the standards of truth and accuracy.
And a hearty thumbs down to Jerome for his actions this primary season, culminating in today's actions.
UPDATE: Just to be clear. I don't support Obama, OR Clinton. I don't hate Jerome or MyDD. And I'm not trying to start some stupid cross-blog war. I just think that if we're going to be critical of the Traditional Media, then we'd damn well better be careful with our research and admit to mistakes. Mistakes happen, I'm not demanding perfection. I AM, however, demanding honesty and integrity.
UPDATE 2: Hooray! I've been banned from MyDD for "repeated" guideline violations. I read the guidelines, but didn't see the rule against disagreeing with something the owner of the site did. Odd.