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Rolling Thunder Confirms Palin Invite; Andrea Mitchell Demonstrates Journalistic Incompetence, Bias
Conservatives4palin ^ | Saturday May 28, 2011

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

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2012; palin; rollingthunder; sarahpalin
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To: FrankR
Says it all!
41 posted on 05/28/2011 2:05:25 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: FrankR

Good one, forwarded on far and wide.


42 posted on 05/28/2011 2:11:57 PM PDT by Sea Parrot (Being an autodidact, I happily escaped the bureaucratization of intellect)
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To: Bigtigermike

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.


43 posted on 05/28/2011 2:13:23 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Bigtigermike

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.


44 posted on 05/28/2011 2:16:52 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: TexasCajun

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


45 posted on 05/28/2011 2:58:33 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: FrankR

A bad-ass “Hecks Angel” no doubt!


46 posted on 05/28/2011 2:59:16 PM PDT by Don Carlos (Retired MSGT (USAF), and damn proud of it. I stood my watch.)
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To: Rational Thought
Friends with Chris Dodd and he supported Blumenthal.

Didn't know that, things make sense now.

Thanks!

47 posted on 05/28/2011 3:04:06 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: AD from SpringBay
Andrea is a barometer of the socialist. It means nothing what she chirps, but you get an idea of what they are thinking. Some of them, They are so scatter brained as a whole
48 posted on 05/28/2011 3:09:34 PM PDT by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: CharlesWayneCT

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?


49 posted on 05/28/2011 3:30:14 PM PDT by Sal (Islamo Bamma is the star, writer, director and producer of AS THE WORLD BURNS.)
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To: smokingfrog

The woman is a Snagglepuss.


50 posted on 05/28/2011 3:57:34 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Socialism...Easier said than done.)
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To: Bigtigermike

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.


51 posted on 05/28/2011 8:45:05 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Bigtigermike

Comcast should be made aware if they already aren’t


52 posted on 05/29/2011 5:53:36 AM PDT by eaglestar
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