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Explosive Email Shows Anti-Palin Author McGinniss, Random House Likely Published Literary Hoax
Big Government.com ^ | Sept 22, 2011 | Andrew Breitbart

Posted on 09/22/2011 5:25:30 AM PDT by libstripper

The awful launch week for the over-hyped, expected bestseller The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, by controversial author Joe McGinniss, just got worse. Much worse.

After a week of universally scathing pans from the reflexively anti-Palin establishment media, McGinniss now faces the fight of his literary life: the accusation that he seems to have knowingly submitted a book to his publisher, Crown/Random House, that was filled with unproved “tawdry gossip” and rumors that lacked “factual evidence.”

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To: alice_in_bubbaland
I was wondering what AlaskaWTF ment. I assumed it was either a blog or a newspaper that McGinniss didn’t like.

Yeah, I'm not about to go there, but I'm pretty sure that its a blog site meant to question the logic of Alaska in voting her in as Governor in the first place, as in Alaska, WTF?
61 posted on 09/22/2011 6:33:03 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Shaking My Head on a daily basis)
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To: mad_as_he$$
Do not overlook the possibility that it was a trap for Brietbart.

I'll put my money on the smarts of Breitbart over those of McGinniss.
62 posted on 09/22/2011 6:35:23 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Shaking My Head on a daily basis)
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To: libstripper
Note that NBC is labeling Voyeur Joe as "Sarah Palin's Neighbor..."


63 posted on 09/22/2011 6:39:45 AM PDT by frankenMonkey (By God, we will not squander what has been given us!)
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To: libstripper
NBC won't care about facts


64 posted on 09/22/2011 6:40:18 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: ThunderSleeps

No documentation, no proof whatsoever. Yet will that stop them from publishing? I hope and pray that they do, and that the Palins end up owning everything, everything McGinniss has ever made, and everything he ever will make. Ditto Random House - put them out of (their unethical) business.
_______________________________
Me too! I hope she sues them down to their dirty underwear!

Go Sarah ~ sic the biggest, best law firm you can find on them!


65 posted on 09/22/2011 6:43:08 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

http://www.alaskawtf.com/

Take a shower after reading.


66 posted on 09/22/2011 6:46:40 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Cboldt
If the book says "there are rumors ..." then it's not defamatory

Not necessarily. Defamation can occur by way of innuendo. Uncritically repeating a rumor makes you a "publisher" of that defamatory innuendo and puts you on the hook for a potential claim, depending on what the plaintiff wants to do with you and then on how well your facts match the legal requirements. Judges and juries will generally not be fooled by the thin disguise of "just repeating a rumor," especially when you've got the smoking gun required for a successful NYT Malice case, as appears to be the case here.

Strategically, BTW, Palin can have it both ways if she wants. Run the race without filing suit, then after she either wins or loses, the statute of limitations (most likely 2 years, depending on the state in which the case is brought) will not have run out by November 2012, and she will be free to bring suit without doing damage to her 2012 political efforts.

This could turn McGuinness/Random House into Sarah Palin's biggest donors. Sweet justice.

67 posted on 09/22/2011 6:46:49 AM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland; Eagle of Liberty

Headlines on AlaskaWTF from the past few days:

TIME magazine all over Bristol Palin’s lies posted 9/20

First Justice Department shoe drops on scumbag owners of FOX “News” posted 9/20

Another story under “Alaska dividend $1174 - time to get your crack on” Alaska’s governor god (AKA shitbag Parnell) just announced that this year’s free cash for hookers program permanent fund dividend program is giving each Alaskan $1,174 in socialist cash to spend on whatever your little Christian-only heart desires.
Cheeseburgers and crack for everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 9/20 also: TV for losers – Palin’s hairdresser now has own television show


68 posted on 09/22/2011 6:51:57 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Eagle of Liberty
Might not be McGinniss. Could be anyone. McGinniss might not even be in on it. Ever hear of the “dirty tricks division”.
69 posted on 09/22/2011 6:52:13 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Springfield Reformer
Your description is correct. My terse remark and comparison was meant to convey that the risk of prevailing in a suit depends on the way the material is presented, in the book.

Success probability on a defamation/libel claim aside, this e-mail, assuming it's accurate, directly undercuts the impression the book is trying to leave, and it also makes McGinniss out to be quite the snake.

70 posted on 09/22/2011 6:52:20 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: USS Alaska

Great movie.


71 posted on 09/22/2011 6:59:48 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: libstripper

Wowzers...

If this email is legit, whoa Nellie.


72 posted on 09/22/2011 7:03:13 AM PDT by Shelayne (He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly" Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! *Rev 22:20)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

He looks exactly like chastity bono... post addadictome.

LLS


73 posted on 09/22/2011 7:07:40 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Is the person that you support a Crony Capitalist... A.K.A. CRAPITALIST?)
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To: ThunderSleeps

This is a clear case of what I call the “Bogey Man” theory.

Tell horror stories about monsters eating small children in their sleep, wait until they are going to bed and then tell them that it was all made up and is not true.

Too late......they have already formed the specter of being eaten alive in their sleep and no matter what you tell them after that, they will continue thinking about and worrying themselves sick about it all night long.

It is a principle of normal human behavior and propagandists use it exclusively to smear their targets.

Rule: Once said, most believe it whether false or not.


74 posted on 09/22/2011 7:29:41 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: mad_as_he$$
Breitbart's a pretty wily guy, and I suspect that he's the one setting a trap for McGinniss, hoping for a denial so that he can then spring a PDF copy to expose a new lie.

My guess is that the email leaked from Griffin's circle of anklebiter friends (through friends of friends of Palin contacts or even Bristol or Willow themselves, who are plugged into the Wasilla social network), all of whom have big mouths and are utterly unable to keep a secret amongst themselves concerning their plots and smear attempts.

75 posted on 09/22/2011 7:35:54 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: ozark hilljilly
literary weaselry

That's a keeper!


Where there's a shell, there's a way.

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

76 posted on 09/22/2011 8:42:57 AM PDT by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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To: libstripper

Could Palin obtain an injunction halting the publication and marketing of the book, pending resolution of a defamation action? I agree that a defamation action might merely help promote the book. An injunction, however, would stop it in its tracks, as well as implying that it is, in fact, defamatory.


77 posted on 09/22/2011 8:47:19 AM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: Pride in the USA
For a copy of the email sleaze bag McGinnis sent to his slimeball source, click here for post #8.

Breitbart has been a good friend to Gov Palin as far as journalists go, and he seems to still be doing the investigative reporting few others in the media are doing.

I hope this all pans out, and that Gov Palin ends up owning McGinniss and Random House. If she doesn't run for president, perhaps owning a large conservative publishing company would please her.

78 posted on 09/22/2011 8:54:27 AM PDT by lonevoice (The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, impeach we much)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; dead
Random House is going to take a bath. I'm pretty sure the Palin's won't sue, because it would just drag this crap out, but they sure could.

I would like to see Random House withdraw the book and yank the dirtbag off the book tour. Then they should pay Sarah a considerable amount for her mental anguish.

79 posted on 09/22/2011 8:55:07 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Eagle of Liberty
I'll put my money on the smarts of Breitbart over those of McGinniss.

I agree...and so does Weiner.

80 posted on 09/22/2011 8:57:45 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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