A couple of weeks ago, a video of Nancy Pelosi apparently slurring her words went viral on Facebook. Someone had monkeyed with the footage, slowing it down to make it seem like she was drunk or on sedatives. This fact was quickly discovered and the media spent several days debunking the “drunk Pelosi” meme. Most of us moved on with our lives. The folks at The Daily Beast did not.
A Daily Beast “journalist” by the name of Kevin Poulsen spent the next several days trying to, for some reason, locate the random Facebook user who made the original fake video. Finally, Poulsen, the crack investigator, solved the case. He discovered that the alleged originator of the meme was a blue collar day laborer from the Bronx. Poulsen published those findings in a lengthy expose this past Sunday, including details about the memer’s location, personal life, work history, and criminal record.
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