Young Journalist Training Program

Who's the "thug" here?

Immediately after the incident began hitting the newswires Howley published a “Breaking News” story with The American Spectator online in which he reveals that he had consciously infiltrated the group on Friday with the intent to discredit the movement. He states that “as far as anyone knew I was part of this cause — a cause that I had infiltrated the day before in order to mock and undermine in the pages of The American Spectator — and I wasn’t giving up before I had my story.”

If you don't like the news, go out & make some of your own, right?

According to Howley’s story he joined the group in its march toward the Air and Space Museum but the protesters on the march were unwilling to be confrontational.  He states “they lack the nerve to confront authority. From estimates within the protest, only ten people were pepper-sprayed, and as far as I could tell I was the only one who got inside.”

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Ironically Howley concludes the story of his adventure mocking the lack of courage of the protesters, who he admitted did not seek – as he did – to confront the authorities, by praising the courage of the guards who twice pepper-sprayed him.

A seriously disturbed young person.

Corporate Media Shorthand: Looks as if any public political activity not initiated by Tea Baggers & their ilk will be linked to "Occupiers."

The not-so-mainstream but still very corporate American Spectator would like to add (Greater legibility here.):

That's some training program!

Additional: In a fit of "journalistic" integrity (Or cowardice, you decide!) The Spectator has changed their story. The preserved original.