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"Sheep shagging"
One of many attacks on Steyn's credibility by leftists resulted in a memorable response titled "The Shagged Sheep". In a 2006 essay for Maclean's about Oriana Fallaci and her last book, Steyn ridiculed Ayatollah Khomeni for statements about child abuse and bestiality in his "Blue Book". John Gordon Miller, a journalism professor at Ryerson University, attacked Steyn's "lack of responsibility in quoting" Khomeni and suggested the quote "was made up". Another blogger, M J Murphy, then claimed Steyn had been "punked" by a 28-year-old literary "hoax", 'The Little Green Book'. In "The Shagged Sheep" ("a long piece but it does have underage sex and bestiality in it"). He pointed out that Miller had based his attack on three inconsistent grounds. Steyn went on to demonstrate that the Blue (not Green) book he and Fallaci had mentioned is completely genuine, calling Miller "a sad little man" who "actually thinks he's insulting me by comparing me to the peerless Fallaci". Eventually both Miller and Murphy apologized.

Other links

 * An open letter to Professor John Miller 12 November 2008
 * http://www.steynonline.com/4419/once-more-unto-the-sheep-dip Aug 2011