{"id":6202,"date":"2011-11-25T18:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T09:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haakondahl.com\/blog\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2011-11-25T18:58:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T09:58:41","slug":"la-times-blog-lies-for-fallon-drummer-questlove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/la-times-blog-lies-for-fallon-drummer-questlove\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Times Blog Lies for Fallon Drummer Questlove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So there&#8217;s an LA Times blog taking this on. \u00a0Know why this is in a blog? \u00a0Because they couldn&#8217;t tote these lies in the news section with a straight face. \u00a0Not today, anyway. \u00a0Maybe tomorrow:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bachmann spent much of Wednesday lashing out at NBC on various media outlets while plugging her new autobiography.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Roots bandleader Ahmir &#8220;Questlove&#8221; Thompson says it was a &#8220;tongue-in-cheek and spur-of-the-moment decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/showtracker\/2011\/11\/michele-bachman-apology-nbc-jimmy-fallon-intro-song.html\">Michele Bachmann receives apology from NBC over Jimmy Fallon gag &#8211; latimes.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why &#8220;lashing&#8221;? \u00a0Why &#8220;plugging&#8221;? \u00a0This is how they discuss an apology being tendered to Bachmann&#8211;by slamming her.<\/p>\n<p>And then the second bit is flat-out untrue. \u00a0There was nothing &#8220;spur-of-the-moment&#8221; about the ambush, which he tweeted well in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Way to go, LA Times. \u00a0It&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve come to expect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"6202\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"6202\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there&#8217;s an LA Times blog taking this on. \u00a0Know why this is in a blog? 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