- ScrappleFace
ScrappleFace is a
U.S. website run by Scott Ott that satirizes the news from a conservative perspective.The name ScrappleFace was coined by Ott's grandmother, Jessica McMaster (
June 16 ,1915 -January 31 ,2006 ), who cared for Ott and his brothers from the age of five. [ [http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2165 Woman Who Coined ‘ScrappleFace’ Passes Away ] ] Ott chose the name knowing that the URL would be available because no one else would know the word.Ott, a former journalist, started Scrappleface in July 2002. Ott oversees "the vast editorial staff" at ScrappleFace, an unnamed group of non-existent journalists who "cover the globe like a patina of dental plaque" according to earlier items on the site. [http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/001069.html] In reality, all the ScrappleFace stories (more than 2,500 as of
15 March 2007 ) on politics, the war on terror, business, science, theology and even sports were written by Ott. The website reported over 10,000,000 visitors as of May 2007.ScrappleFace is probably best known for originating the phrase "
Axis of weasels ", [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/09/1052280425826.html Axis of weasels - theage.com.au ] ] [ [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110002953 The Wall Street Journal Online - Best of the Web Today ] ] in an item Ott wrote in January 2003 titled [http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=395 "Rumsfeld Sorry for Axis of Weasels Remark"] .Glenn Reynolds linked to it at his widely-read blog,Instapundit , [ [http://instapundit.com/archives/006951.php Instapundit.com ] ] noting that it was being circulated at the White House and Pentagon. Two days later, the "New York Post " carried the front-page headline "AXIS OF WEASEL - GERMANY AND FRANCE WIMP OUT ON IRAQ". [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/280238451.html?did=280238451&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&PMID=42522 New York Post Online Edition: News ] ] Ott later published a collection of ScrappleFace stories under the title "Axis of Weasels" (ISBN 097614140X; now out of print).Ott's work has been quoted in "
The Washington Post ", "Sports Illustrated ", "The Kansas City Star ", "The Weekly Standard ", "Wired",OpinionJournal.com Fact|date=November 2007and theBBC website. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3151595.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Don't believe everything you read online ] ] ScrappleFace stories have also been quoted on radio byRush Limbaugh ,Glenn Beck ,Roger Hedgecock ,Michael Medved ,Bill Bennett , and dozens of regional radio hosts as well as onCNN andMSNBC . At least two ScrappleFace stories have been passed around via email enough to become an urban myth and be debunked bySnopes.com . [ [http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/weasels.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages: Axis of Weasels ] ] [ [http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/kennedy.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages: Rumsfeld Rebukes Ted Kennedy ] ] ScrappleFace is popular amongst conservative political bloggers, who frequently link to its items.In December 2007, Ott began writing serious essays on a new blog at
Townhall.com . His blog quickly rose to the top 10 among Townhall blogs.Fact|date=March 2008References
External links
* [http://www.ScrappleFace.com ScrappleFace website]
* [http://ScottOtt.BlogTownhall.com Scott Ott's serious blog] at Townhall.com
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