Posted on 05/28/2011 12:27:08 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Remember when Andrea Mitchell attempted to interrupt Governor Palin’s Going Rogue tour in 2009 and got stopped cold by a security guard?
Well, Andrea Mitchell attempted to interrupt Governor Palin’s “One Nation” tour with a false report and has been stopped cold by the facts.
Yesterday, she falsely reported on Andrea Mitchell Reports that Governor Palin was not invited to participate in Rolling Thunder activities this weekend, relying on one disgruntled source to imply that Palin was using the veteran’s group for publicity without their approval. Mitchell’s story has been thoroughly refudiated.
Hot Air scoop:
Sarah Palin’s “One Nation” bus tour appeared to have gotten off to a false start yesterday as a member of the pro-veterans organization Rolling Thunder went on NBC to denounce her presence at an upcoming event of theirs, claiming no one had invited her. Turns out, as per organization spokesperson Christine Colborne, Palin had been invited, but had RSVP’d too soon for the group to announce her arrival to all its members.
Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey called up the organization and got in touch with Colborne, who explained that the issue was one of “internal miscommunication” and that Palin had been invited by Michael DiPaolo, a retired board member. Ted Shpak, another organization spokesperson and veteran himself, hadn’t been notified of Palin’s appearance by the time he went on Andrea Mitchell Reports and was seriously concerned that Palin would be a “distraction”:
Colbourn spoke with me on the phone in the middle of an all-night car ride to Washington DC, and explained that the last-minute RSVP didn’t get communicated through the echelons of Rolling Thunder. . Shpak (and Colborne) were taken by surprise by Palin’s announcement. Shpak does have the authority to speak for the organization, they had no idea that Palin was invited
(Excerpt) Read more at conservatives4palin.com ...
Good one, forwarded on far and wide.
Remember when Palin was resigning, NBC was talking all about it being due to some ‘federal indictment’ coming down the pike? They, with several other networks, kept repeating this to their audiences all day long (ultimately compelling the FBI into the very rare reaction of making a statement to deny it). NBC never recanted or mentioned this denial; they just dropped the story that next day, after having done their intended damage.
When it comes to Palin, they don’t even try to hang on to a tiny thread of truth... they go for the BIG LIE. Character assassination, pure and simple. Doing the bidding of their masters in the White House.
Does Andrea Mitchell have any other facial expression in her repertoire, besides “sourpuss?” Seriously, why does anyone give this harridan the time of day? She makes me almost feel sorry for Alan Greenspan.
Surprise! There’s more to Ted Shpak than told, as found by Freeper Sea Parrot.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2726499/posts?page=40#40
A bad-ass “Hecks Angel” no doubt!
Didn't know that, things make sense now.
Thanks!
It will be interesting to see how soon Angrya corrects her mistake in print or on TV. A real journalist (haven’t seen many for a long, long time) would jump on the chance to correct their own mistake...
What’s your guess on how long it’ll take, how obscurely it’s done, or—MOST LIKELY—if she’ll do it at all?
The woman is a Snagglepuss.
There’s only one source for the confirmation that she was invited — the person who invited her. How could there be a second source for that? “Yes, he told me she was invited” — 2nd hand source.
HOTAIR did manage to find the person who invited her. Apparently, anybody can invite someone to the event, as opposed to having the organization invite her. I don’t think she ever said she was officially invited by the organization, so there wasn’t really a dispute there.
But if there is one official spokesperson, why would you be looking for multiple sources? The press doesn’t poke around for a 2nd source to verify the President’s pronouncements after the press secretary tells them what the administration is doing. And if you ask someone what they are doing, and they say they are going to dinner, you don’t try to find a second source to verify that that’s what the person was doing.
My point is that you don’t always have a two-source rule, when you are looking at the official pronouncements of an organization, you report what the spokesperson says.
In my opinion, Andrea’s sin was in being so gleeful that she didn’t bother to check if anybody had actually claimed Sarah was invited.
Comcast should be made aware if they already aren’t
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