As Kim reported earlier today, the attack on McCain volunteer Ashley Todd in Pittsburgh on Wednesday has generated a massive response in the blogosphere.
Tonight police in Pittsburgh are reinterviewing *** Ms. Todd and sources who have spoken with investigators say they have some serious questions about her story. The photo of Todd – post mugging – has been widely disseminated and discussed. The backward nature of the “B” has drawn the most skepticism.
Some have noted that the backward “B” is how a person would make the mark on herself when looking into a mirror. That hypothesis is easy enough to disprove if you’re willing to mark your face up with a pen while looking in a mirror. If you do that you will find that a “B” still looks like a “B” when using the mirror as a guide. For Ms. Todd to make the mark shown looking into a mirror it would appear to her as a backward “B” as well.
From the photo of Ms. Todd you will also notice that where she laying on the ground and an assailant was in front of her body (looking at her from the forehead down toward her chin) someone writing a “B” from that angle would produce exactly what is shown…
At this point it’s really anyone’s guess as to whether the story is true, a hoax, or some combination of truth and hoax. More than likely the truth will come out soon enough…
*** Information from the 11:00 PM news report on KDKA (video).
Update: Several readers have written to me to say I am wrong about writing in the mirror. I’ll take their word for it…
