Blogger had better judgment than news reports

Yesterday I faced a hard choice to make after reading the original story. I opted to pass the report by without posting it. Tracking traumatic events is what I do and the over 4,000 posts in just over a year prove that. With friends across the country forwarding me what they find to make sure I don't miss much, the original story came in from ten different friends. Something didn't sound right. Yesterday I hadn't seen the picture but now that it has been published, it's clear that even the rest of the media should have been a lot more suspicious. A backwards "B" is something a not very bright person would do to herself in a mirror, not something an attacker would do in a hurry.

Police said the woman admitted making up the report she was attacked because of a John McCain sticker on her car.

Woman admits making up attack linked to McCain sticker, police say
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NEW: Police said Texas woman, 20, has admitted to faking the report about assault

Woman told police man robbed, beat her after noticing John McCain sticker on car

Woman told police man kicked, punched her, carved B into her cheek with knife

(CNN) -- A woman who told police she was assaulted by a man angered about a John McCain bumper sticker on her car admitted she made up the report, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant police chief said Friday.


Police said the woman admitted making up the report she was attacked because of a John McCain sticker on her car.

The 20-year-old from Texas told investigators a man approached her Wednesday night at an ATM in Pittsburgh's East End, put a blade to her neck and demanded money, Pittsburgh Police Department public information officer Diane Richard said.

She said she gave him $60 and stepped away from him, Richard said.

She further said the man "punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, and he continued to punch and kick her while threatening to teach her a lesson for being a McCain supporter," according to a police statement.

The woman also told police her attacker "called her a lot of names and stated that 'You are going to be a Barack supporter,' at which time she states he sat on her chest, pinning both her hands down with his knees, and scratched into her face a backward letter 'B' on the right side of her face using what she believed to be a very dull knife."
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