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Alaska Party Official Says Palin Was Not a Member (NYTIMES ADMITS AIP PALIN STORY FALSE)
The New York Times ^
| September 2, 2008
| staff
Posted on 09/02/2008 9:20:49 PM PDT by icwhatudo
The chairwoman of an Alaskan political party that advocates a vote on the state’s succession from the union said Tuesday that she had been mistaken when she said Gov. Sarah Palin was a member of the group.
A front-page story in The New York Times on Tuesday and articles in other news media reported that Ms. Palin was a member of the Alaska Independence Party for two years in the 1990’s.
The information in the Times article was based on a statement issued Monday night by Lynette Clark, the party’s chairwoman, who said that Ms. Palin joined the party in 1994 and in 1996 changed her registration to Republican.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2008rncconvention; 2008veep; aip; electionpresident; palin; palinattacks; palinping; palinrecord; palintruthfile; sarahpalin; thirdparty
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Chris Mathews, who announced this retraction, just said on MSNBC that the feeding frenzy seems to have only resulted in a minnow.
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:20:49 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
To: icwhatudo
Everyone should have known that it was just leftwing, politcal BS when it showed up in the New York Times. That’s all they print.
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:23:14 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(McCain/Palin '08! Real change you won't have to "believe in." You'll be able to see it!!!)
To: icwhatudo
So Palin may have voted for a fringe 3rd party candidate in the past. This is a scandal how?
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:23:18 PM PDT
by
yongin
To: icwhatudo
Where is this buried? Sure doesn’t look like it’s on the a front-page.
To: icwhatudo
Front page piece in the NY Slimes? The damage is already done. Expect the one paragraph retraction in about a week and a half on page D16.
business as usual at the Slimes.
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:24:17 PM PDT
by
Bullish
( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
To: icwhatudo
Doesn't matter. Liberals still believe in plastic turkeys and they will continue to insist that Palin was a member of this party throughout her 16 years in the upcoming administrations.
To: icwhatudo
They could have checked her registration to verify the story before publishing.
Aside from this story, they have much more they need to admit to.
To: icwhatudo
The NYT printed a story that wasn’t fully vetted? How can that be?
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:25:08 PM PDT
by
DesertDreamer
("I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves." - Ronald Reagan)
To: icwhatudo
Is this retraction going to be on the front page too?
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:25:08 PM PDT
by
willk
To: Bullish
Where does she go to get her reputation back?
To: icwhatudo
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:25:43 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: freespirited
Credit to “CaptainK” who found the link after I mentioned hearing Mathews mention this as breaking on MSNBC.
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:25:52 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
(If my brother-n-law threatened to kill my father-I'd tell his boss too (Just like Palin did))
To: icwhatudo
Please post comments on that Times site. I doubt they’ll let many through, but in the irony of ironies the Times rips on McCain for not vetting Sarah Palin. Now we find out the NY Times didn’t bet this story. What a piece of trash newspaper.
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:26:00 PM PDT
by
SideoutFred
(B.O. Stinks...it really does)
To: icwhatudo
Seems like a pattern with the NYT - shoddy reporting when it comes to anything about McCain - remember when they implied that JSM was having affair with lobbyist?
Screw them!
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:26:32 PM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(News Coverage)
To: icwhatudo
yawnnnnnn the original article was a front page item....the retraction was a blog.
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:26:36 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: icwhatudo
Scholars Question NYT’s Ability to Report Truth
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:27:02 PM PDT
by
LikeLight
(http://www.believersguidetolegalissues.com)
To: CaptainK
I asked the mod to close the other one as it was as a vanity-full credit to your find-thanks!
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:27:17 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
(If my brother-n-law threatened to kill my father-I'd tell his boss too (Just like Palin did))
To: freespirited
"Where is this buried? Sure doesn’t look like it’s on the a front-page." it's on a poorly spelled blog ("succession" from the union?)
In other words, the NYT stands by yet another lie.
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:27:31 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(Barack has dreams of Reform. But Sarah lives it.)
To: icwhatudo
“succession from the union”
= Journalism for Dummies ?
(Sheesh. What happened to our language?)
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posted on
09/02/2008 9:27:36 PM PDT
by
KitJ
(Shall Not Be Infringed)
To: icwhatudo
LOL.
No worries, my friends. Tomorrow Governor Palin will rock the convention and this nation.
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