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How the Drive-By Media Became the Hit-and-Run Media: Author Joe McGinniss...
Big Journalism ^
| 09/20/2011
| Joel B. Pollak
Posted on 09/21/2011 5:38:36 AM PDT by Rational Thought
How the Drive-By Media Became the Hit-and-Run Media: Author Joe McGinniss’s Further Misadventures in Wasilla
Joe McGinniss, author of a controversial new biography of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, was charged in connection with a hit-and-run accident in Wasilla, Alaska in July 2010, police and court records show.
McGinniss had moved to Wasilla in the spring of 2010 to work on his book, and rented the house next door to the Palin family, prompting Palin and her husband to erect a higher fence to protect their children’s privacy.
On July 12, 2010, at about 2 p.m., McGinniss was allegedly driving an overdue rental car when he collided with an unoccupied vehicle parked near Kaladi Brothers, a popular local coffee shop, causing minor but “disabling” damage, according to the collision report.
The vehicle was owned by 61-year-old Waureen Darilek, a local dog groomer, who has since passed away due to natural causes.
According to an affidavit by police officer Daniel M. Bennett, McGinniss failed to report the accident, and left the scene, but not before a bystander recorded his license plate and left a note for the owner of the parked vehicle. When Bennett arrived to investigate, he discovered McGinniss’s vehicle nearby, and notified the rental car company, which impounded the vehicle and brought it back to Anchorage, roughly 30 miles away.
Two hours after the collision occurred, McGinniss called the police–not to report the accident, but to report that his rental car had been stolen.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ailes; dirtytricks; mcginniss; sarahpalin
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So, what's the big deal? Hasn't everyone committed a hit-and-run in a rental car, then abandoned the vehicle later, only to report it stolen?
To: Rational Thought
Hasn't everyone committed a hit-and-run in a rental car, then abandoned the vehicle later, only to report it stolen? Of course, but never sober . . . which makes this story even stranger.
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posted on
09/21/2011 5:43:32 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
It’s not strange to me.
They guy was buzzed.
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posted on
09/21/2011 5:45:56 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(I want a Triple A president for our Triple A country)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
[Three hours later], “McGinniss easily passed a breath test, which showed no alcohol in his system.”
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posted on
09/21/2011 5:48:07 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Rational Thought; kara2008; Immerito; Students4Palin; Ladysmith; EnglishCon; thouworm; ...
To: Eric in the Ozarks
They guy was buzzed. Which is pretty much the physical state required to come up with all the material contained in the book in question...
To: Rational Thought
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posted on
09/21/2011 5:57:51 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Today, I will only post in one word answers.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
NBC sent Michael Isikoff to Alaska to dig dirt on Sarah. He came up empty so they're going with this queer...
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posted on
09/21/2011 6:21:50 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(I want a Triple A president for our Triple A country)
To: Rational Thought
Ol Joe McPenis, he just keeps screwing up.
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posted on
09/21/2011 6:28:47 AM PDT
by
Sea Parrot
(Democrats creation of the entitlement class will prove out to be their very own Frankenstein monster)
To: Rational Thought
author of a controversial new biography of former Alaska governor Sarah PalinIts not controversial at all.
Everyone thinks the book is total crap and the author is sick.
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posted on
09/21/2011 6:30:57 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: 1rudeboy
“McGinniss easily passed a breath test, which showed no alcohol in his system.”
Okay, so no alcohol, but perhaps Ambien?
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posted on
09/21/2011 6:36:56 AM PDT
by
Eagle of Liberty
(Shaking My Head on a daily basis)
To: Eagle of Liberty
Sure, it's possible.
I think the larger point of Pollak's story is that he is demonstrating McGinniss' technique.
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posted on
09/21/2011 6:40:24 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Rational Thought
You mean this man is a criminal and liar? Say it ain’t so, Joe.
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posted on
09/21/2011 7:59:43 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Rational Thought
my wife and i pray every day for a return to civil discourse.
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posted on
09/21/2011 9:37:50 AM PDT
by
ken21
(ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
To: Rational Thought
He's a typical liberal - feels any 'crime' is base on how many people see it happen ... No one sees the crime then it didn't happen. Same with lies - liberals feel if no one catches them lying, the lie is the same as truth. These are bad people.
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posted on
09/21/2011 11:51:29 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
To: onyx; RedMDer; Lady Jag; The Cajun; tubebender; musicman; trisham; DJ MacWoW; vox_freedom; ...
“At best, she is a hypocrite. At worst, she is a vindictive hypocrite.”
Joe McGinnis
Awwww ... Hey Joe: at best, apart from your filth and lies, leaving the scene of a crime makes you a common punk criminal.
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posted on
09/21/2011 2:59:23 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: Rational Thought
The vehicle was owned by 61-year-old Waureen Darilek, a local dog groomer, who has since passed away due to natural causes.
Or so they would have you believe...
What did joe know and when did he know it?
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posted on
09/21/2011 3:02:30 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: STARWISE
LOL. Is this the article?
Looks like he might be a hit & run drunk driver in addition to a a ginormous liar.
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posted on
09/21/2011 3:03:18 PM PDT
by
onyx
(You're here on FR so, support it! If you support Sarah Palin, & want on her ping list, let me know!)
To: onyx
Yes — posted with embellished title.
;)
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posted on
09/21/2011 3:11:34 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: STARWISE
Or drink and drive, leave the scene of an accident...
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posted on
09/21/2011 4:13:45 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Forward With Confidence!)
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