…gone sideways.

As I noted on Twitter, this provides a nice window into the leftist media’s mindset.

@chasrmartin They should all ask themselves why they were so eager to run that story, why it was "too good to fact check."

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

@chasrmartin If I'd seen that story, I wouldn't have run it without double checking it. I'd have had trouble believing it, as written.

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

@chasrmartin But then, I don't see guy who restored fiscal sanity to WI while wrecking corrupt public employee unions as evil incarnate.

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

@chasrmartin Even @anamariecox had no problem believing the story, because there's no perfidy of the evil Scott Walker beyond her imagining.

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

Srsly MSM, if you really believed Gov. Walker wanted to restrict reporting of rapes, you should be asking yourself, "WTF is wrong with me?"

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Governor Walker rounds up the homeless and renders them down to feed his exotic ranch animals." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Governor Walker is sending Wisconsin state police into your homes to confiscate your birth control methods." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Governor Walker heats his home in winter with the radiance of Wiccans burning at the stake." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Governor Walker has ordered all state vehicles to idle when not in use because HE HATES THE EARTH THAT MUCH." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Governor Walker sits high in the rotunda and plinks his 6 mm at union members down below for target practice." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Walker declares Christianity to be Wisconsin state religion, and all must convert or be sent to a camp in Wassau." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Governor Walker doesn't eat dog or cat meat, unless it's the succulent tender flesh of puppies and kittens." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015

"Gov. Walker has issued an executive order that all non-heterosexuals must report to the state for conversion therapy." #TooGoodToFactCheck

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 1, 2015