Andrew Malcolm Tweets Unsubstantiated Rumor As Fact Under the LA Times Banner

An unusual tweet went out from the LA Times‘ supposedly non-partisan Top of the Ticket political blog late last night. Take a peek.

Well, that’s certainly big news if a Democratic lawmaker in Wisconsin has broken ranks. Only problem: it doesn’t appear to be true. Not a single news report has confirmed Cullen’s formal reentry into Wisconsin. The original source of the information was a tweet from Big Journalism blogger “Liberty Girl.”

Perhaps “Liberty Girl was reacting to this story in the Wisconsin State Journal, which reports Cullen met with Republican lawmakers yesterday at a McDonald’s in Kenosha.

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