How delusional are these two con 'news' sites? Both Free Republic and Gateway Pundit are now claiming they were vindicated for their 'reporting' about a young GOP fundraiser and her boyfriend who were beaten in New Orleans over the weekend. They claim they were vindicated even though they pushed a completely debunked and irresponsible, Palin victimology rumor about the unfortunate New Orleans incident; a rumor that even Michelle Malkin condemned as being bogus.

When I wrote yesterday that Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft isn't even right twice a day, it turns out I understated how deeply he's embedded inside a fact-free parallel universe.

UPDATED: And BTW, if Hoft is so proud of his New Orleans reporting, whey did he quietly alter his bogus headline (without acknowledging that fact) after I called him out? What a coward.

UPDATED: So naturally Hoft is now pushing his dishonest New Orleans garbage at Andrew Breitbart's site. Makes perfect sense.

UPDATED: Desperate to attach the New Orleans attack to liberal protesters who were in town for a GOP event, Hoft is now posting photos of specific New Orleans protesters and, based on zero evidence, suggesting perhaps they were behind the brutal beating, which police are still investigating.

I hope Hoft has a good lawyer.

And keep in mind that local GOP officials have already made clear there's no evidence to suggest local protesters were involved in the beating. But that doesn't deter wingnuts from bouts of mindless irresponsibility.