SAFE BETS

Back a month ago or so, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) walked through a Tea Party rally then ran to the nearest microphone and claimed people yelled "nigger" at them and even spat on one congressman. Over the next few days the news gleefully ran with the story, likely hoping the "tea party hates blacks" theme would resonate with black voters as much as the "Bush hates blacks" one did. The fact that both were a lie was irrelevant, they had their narrative and weren't terribly concerned about looking into it more closely.

Step by step, every allegation by the CBC was walked back, from the spitting incident to the racial slurs. Andrew Breitbart offered $100,000 cash for actual proof that anyone said anything racially ugly toward the congressmen. Dozens of people were there with cameras, including the CBC. Microphones followed them through the crowd. No one came forth to claim the money because no such footage or audio existed. To this day some news organizations have refused to even consider a retraction, and few offered one.

So Breitbart had a cool hundred k lying around and when the Journolist was shut down he began to offer that money again, this time for the archives of Journolist, no questions asked, the source fully protected.

I'm guessing the money is as safe for this gambit as it was the last one. The mafia's omerta has nothing on reporters.