Firedoglake: How a Political Operative Sneaks In Under the NYTimes Radar

By Christy Hardin Smith

Reader Anne asked about the campaign that has "border wall" supporters sending bricks to Congress. Seems the NYTimes has an article about the "Virginia girl" who started the campaign all by her lonesome and its blossomed to a grassroots miracle.

Well, sort of.

She’s later described as "Ms. Heffron, who has been active in political campaigns and public affairs…" Well, that clears that up! Of course, Michael Moore has been active in political campaigns and public affairs –the same could be said of David Duke, Jane Fonda, and Jerry Falwell, so that doesn’t really narrow it down.

The truth is out there about Kirsten Heffron, and it’s not far out there at all. In fact, when it comes to investigative reporting, we’re not talking "All the President’s Men" here — it took this intrepid reporter literally five minutes of Googling to learn the following about the spokeswoman for the Send-a-Brick Project.