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 web posted September 17, 2007 WEBNEWS – A group of bloggers calling themselves The Clay Pit Crew may soon find themselves in more than just a little hot water after stealing material from EdgefieldDaily.com, changing the content of a story, and publishing it as if it was reported on EdgefieldDaily.com. Including a picture of the faked story on our website. The bloggers have been attacking several candidates in the District 25 Senate race for some time. They are free to do so, however, trying to pass off inaccurate, and possibly libelous, material and making readers believe it is coming from EdgefieldDaily.com is illegal. The story reported on EdgefieldDaily.com on September 12 is titled “Merriwether neighborhood site of recent reported frauds,” which recounts two cases of unrelated frauds on the 400 block of Big Oak Drive. The bloggers took that story and changed the content to report senate candidate Bill Hixon placed unwanted campaign signs in a neighbor’s yard and other fictitious information relating to Mr. Hixon and his mother under the guise of making the reader believe we reported the false story. By the title of the story the bloggers were trying to insinuate Mr. Hixon was involved in a fraud. We consider the material posted to be libelous and believe action should be pursued by Mr. Hixon. Calls to Mr. Hixon were not returned on Sunday night to advise him of the recent discovery. EdgefieldDaily.com has printed copies of the false information and saved copies on our server (Click here to view the faked story) and will make those available to Mr. Hixon. We will not link to the web log. There are no phone numbers or contact information listed on the web log. Emails have been sent to the web log informing them to cease and desist any and all use of any and all material from EdgefieldDaily.com immediately. A recent visit to their blog showed the material had been removed. A post on the web log at 11 pm stated: Clay Pit Crew said... The KK was contacted by the editor of the Edgefield Daily with the request to remove all of their links and content from the KK. We have done so. We enjoy their reporting and hope our readers continue to patronize them. September 16, 2007 10:53 PM Editor's note: EdgefieldDaily.com will be pursuing further action against the bloggers and will publish their names as the matter progresses. EdgefieldDaily.com will always actively pursue all protections of our material, likeness, name, and property from use by unauthorized parties. For all
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