A Sept. 18 NewsBusters post by P.J. Gladnick touts a claim that someone “proudly carrying Nazi-esque signs” at a rally against Illinois Republican congressional candidate Adam Kinzinger was somehow linked to his opponent, Democrat Rep. Debbie Halvorson. Gladnick demanded that local media cover “the demonstrators with the Nazi themed signs returning home to the Debbie Halvorson campaign headquarters.”
But one key Gladnick claim is not true. As Media Matters details, the person with the Nazi signs showed up at the protest on his own and is not associated with the Halvorson campaign or any other organized group. Additionally, he said, the other protesters wouldn’t carry his signs and tried to block them with their own signs.
Will Gladnick tell the truth about this to his readers? Somehow we kinda doubt it.