WHO put the story out with NO confirmtion from Sarah Palin? WSJ did. They published a RUMOR as fact. What would YOU call it?
@shushwalshe Shushannah Walshe
Tea Party of Amer confirms Palin will speak but also tells a strange tale of the back + forth w COD + Peter Singleton speaking for the gov
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Reporters work with ‘sources.’ Reporters are supposed to ‘double source’ for accuracy. It could reflect misunderstanding or disorganization within the SP inner circle. Obviously, sources close to SP either gave that information which appears to be a “difference” between ‘canceled’ and ‘put on hold.’
IS there a substantive difference, 3 days before a long scheduled event, for a keynote speaker to ‘cancel’ or ‘put on hold?’ When hundreds or thousands were going to the event, often at great personal expense, to see the keynote speaker?
If I’d booked a flight, or reserved a hotel room, my money’s gone. Or I don’t know whether to go or not.
If there were problems with the tea party event, as there inevitably are at large events, the keynote speaker would let them get straightened out by the organizers. The keynote speaker does not put out word that s/he is putting the speech ‘on hold.’