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Byko on the fake Olbermann flap: "I was hoaxed"
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Byko on the fake Olbermann flap: "I was hoaxed"
So we're guessing you've seen the whole Stu Bykofsky/fake-Keith Olbermann spat that got picked up by CP contributor Jonathan Valania's Phawker and then by everybody else.
We caught up with Bykofsky via e-mail to ask the man how the whole duping went down and if the e-mails from him in this hoax were his or were also faked.
According to Byko, "I did send the emails to keith@keitholbermann.com" and "I did receive what you have seen as a reply."
"My responses are mine," he adds. "Olbermann's, it seems, came from Tucker Carlson."
As has been previously uncovered, the domain keitholbermann.com is owned by a right-wing site called Daily Caller which is owned by Tucker Carlson.
Sort of lost in all this furor, which erupted because Bykofsky was writing a column about Olbermann's journalistic ethics, is the potentially unethical behavior of the hoaxer and whoever leaked the fake convo.
"I sent questions to him as part of my job as a journalist," says Bykofsky, adding, "So, I was hoaxed into believing it was Olbermann. It was all a non-issue – until the exchange got out. I had shared it with a few friends, because it was funny. How it got out, I can't say."
We've got an e-mail out to Valania to see if he can divulge that info.
By the bye, Bykofsky still thinks Olbermann owes him, and the public, an answer to the questions he posed in his first e-mail, which were:
Do you think you were treated fairly by MSNBC?
Do you consider yourself a journalist or a commentator?
If a journalist, is it proper for you to give your opinions?
If a commentator, should you be anchoring a newscast, such as Tuesday night's election program?
Do you regret chastising others (Rupert Murdoch) for making political donations?
Is there a difference between what he did and what you did?
"If it turns out he never replied" to the questions asked by him and others, says Stu, "People should be asking him why not."
Stu, How can he respond if you sent it to the wrong email address? Idiot. You're just mad cause he called you out on the stupid comments you made when you said you wanted another 9/11.
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