And fuck her now rich family for not helping her.

That’s all well and good, but why aren’t the parents being held responsible as well? Were they totally unaware their child was being bullied? It is a tragedy but it could have been dealt with and therefore avoided. This can’t have been a single-incident occurrence.

But he never said anything about treating anyone disparately.

Errr... Have you been keeping up with Swedish politics? They’ve been electing some pretty fucking horrible people. One of their ascendant political parties can be reasonably described as neo-nazi.

Sad to see this man be intimidated into lying about science.

The truth hurts.

The Balloon Boy parents got much more severe charges than Russell, but I’m also pretty sure that she’ll be equally forgotten in 14 years. 

One of the main reasons jail time is given has nothing to do with rehabilitating the convict; it is deterrence to anyone sociopathic enough to attempt the same thing again.

Said it last week and I’ll say it this week. This is the best dressed police chief in all of America.

Play stupid games....

OK, so now you’re acting all outraged over hving been hoaxed.

So what's the status on her hefty defamation suit you said she was gonna have against everyone calling her a liar from the start?

Congratulations on contributing literally nothing useful to this story. Zero. You did not ask any real questions, you did no analysis. You didn’t exhibit a single journalistic instinct. You literally just typed statements from her lawyers and PR people and chastised anybody who dared to question why her story made no…

Oh no she was faking it? Who would have guessed...

“Whether she was kidnapped or had a mental health episode...”

How about “fabricated the entire story” according to the evidence presented today?

I’m not gonna front. I’m digging it. The suit looks like it’s good quality. The contrast of the tie and shirt is solid. Matching pocket square, and is it just me or are his lenses even purple tinted...lol. What’s funny to me is had he been younger, or had darker hair, I don’t think it would’ve worked. Player Haters…

Oh no. Crap. Alright I’ll look it up.

Gotta stock up for your 48 hour campout in the woods. In addition to the snacks they said she stopped to pick up food at a restaurant when she left work but there was no mention of that food in the car either when they found it.

It has zero to do with the fact that she is black. It has to do with the obvious inconsistencies in her story, the fact that police aren’t actively looking for a kidnapped toddler, and the complete lack of any evidence this ever happened.

Can you point out Jezebel’s full-throated defense of this woman?