Not 15 minutes after I posted about AlterNet’s claim that conservatives are burying liberal content on Digg, I received this from formidable blogger (and former grad student of mine) Seth Stuck, aka Conservative Brawler.

“There was nothing provided in any of the “proof” offered in the AlterNet article which in any way verified the numbers you’ve cited.  It literally would have been impossible for the 70 people (even if all of them were active and acting in concert 24/7) to do the things the article suggests.

http://www.facebook.com/l/019f3;digg.com/d31Z4my

I find it amusing that people are so very willing to give voice to this nonsense.  No one on that list – present company included – was ever contacted by any of the news sources to even conform or deny our involvement – let along ask for our perspective on this hit piece.

Yet, because it fits the liberal narrative, it’s getting promoted from all corners of the left.

Ironically, this article claims that a couple dozen conservatives were somehow able to “game” the system and “censor” “thousands” of liberal stories and diggers… but how many diggs did that AlterNet story get?

http://www.facebook.com/l/019f3;digg.com/politics/

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Nearly 10,000

How many did mine (and I’m named, twice, in the original article as one of these mastermind conspirators) get? 31

If we’re gaming the system, we’re not doing a very good job of it.

It’s total B.S. And I’m a little shocked that you’re peddling it.”

I’m not on this earth long enough to sort through (never mind try to – gack – sort out) all this charge and countercharge, so I’ll just say this:

Thanks for providing the other side, Seth. Keep up the good – and prolific – work.