David Franke’s article today on the fraudulent accusations of shouting racial slurs at black members of Congress today reminds me of another McClatchy lie passing as journalism. It was a McClatchy paper, the Raleigh News & Observer, that began the infamous Duke Lacrosse Frame with a story full of fabricated details written by a reporter who now works for a Marxist publication. The N&O ran a front-page piece that claimed beyond all doubt that this poor “dancer” was brutalized and raped at a party held by Duke’s lacrosse team in March 2006. Not surprisingly, the N&O did no fact-checking, and … Continue reading The McClatchy Fraud