The thing about lying to the media…

By | November 3, 2011

…is that you need to tell the same lie every time.

I read this today:

Protestor Mike Anger, 29, told Nashville’s News 2 he left his home and sales job in Lexington, Kentucky to protest at the plaza.

“I just kind of put my life on hold for this cause,” said Anger, who has been arrested twice at Legislative Plaza.

Anger said he is unsure if he will return to his corporate job because it represents what the Occupy movement is fighting against.

The first thing that went through my head was, “Wow! This guy is campaigning against corporations, but the corporation he works for gave him a month off! And they didn’t fire him? What?”

So I googled him. Guess what came up?

An article from three days ago:

Mike Anger, 30, of Lexington, Ky., is an unemployed bartender with a 6-year-old son.

I guess “bartender” is kind of like “corporate sales job” but he’s still got the whole “I might go back to my job” vs “unemployed” thing to work out. One or the other, bucko.

And seriously, why did he leave his home and his 6 year old son to protest in Nashville when his home town has it’s own occupy protest?

This isn’t a protest. It’s urban camping.

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