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Retraction Request: Politico Fabricates Palin Quote in New Hit Piece
BigJournalism.com ^ | Jun 9th 2011 at 10:12 pm | Retracto, the Correction Alpaca

Posted on 06/10/2011 12:07:33 AM PDT by Syncro

Politico knew they likely wouldn’t get a quote from Sarah Palin for the latest hit piece they published so they made one up. One of the authors is the former chairman of the Democratic Party of Virgina.

Politico wrote:

Will Sarah Palin’s intensifying rivalry with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) cause the former Alaska governor to run for president?

The first female Republican vice presidential nominee clearly believes she is the one who has paid the heavy dues by bearing the brunt of the “liberal elite” attacks to help build the tea party, social conservative wing of the GOP.

Palin’s bus tour had some of the hallmarks of a primal scream: “I built this constituency, not Bachmann, not anyone else,” she said. Looking at it through her eyes, she has a point.

Palin’s camp responded:

An absurd opinion piece in Politico includes a quote attributed to Governor Palin that is a total fabrication and yet is deliberately written to appear as if it is a legitimate direct quote. By any standard this is unacceptable even for an opinion piece. This puts us in mind of a real quote of something Governor Palin actually did once say to the media: “Quit making stuff up.”



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To: MestaMachine

Bingo! Col West will be ready for the presidency by 2016 0r 2020. Sarah was ready in 2008, unlike the community rabble-rouser bastard the democrats worship. Even with the on the job training, the slug is too damned lazy to take the lessons and improve ... his golf and campaigning are too important to be bothered with becoming a decent person or president.


61 posted on 06/10/2011 6:27:24 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Syncro

Yahoo jumped on the dump....

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2171/picture15vh.png

Palin is evil don’t ya know!


62 posted on 06/10/2011 7:03:48 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Syncro

Politico = Liars

(but we all knew that already)


63 posted on 06/10/2011 7:07:12 AM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: Syncro; onyx
Politico,


“Quit making stuff up.”

64 posted on 06/10/2011 7:13:06 AM PDT by RedMDer (Throw the Rats and RINOs out!)
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To: Syncro; All

ORIGINAL “QUOTE”
Palin’s bus tour had some of the hallmarks of a primal scream: “I built this constituency, not Bachmann, not anyone else,” she said. Looking at it through her eyes, she has a point.

Politico CHANGED THEIR ARTICLE!!! WITH NO RETRACTION. THIS IS AS DISHONEST AS IT GETS.

Palin’s bus tour had some of the hallmarks of a primal scream: I built this constituency, not Bachmann, not anyone else. Looking at it through her eyes, she has a point.


65 posted on 06/10/2011 7:13:48 AM PDT by MestaMachine (If you want to pillage,plunder,destroy, blaspheme,or defile, become a muslim, or name yourself obama)
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To: grey_whiskers

Good on ya!!!

LLS


66 posted on 06/10/2011 7:34:54 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES... a Conservative subsidiary of Reagan's party)
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To: MestaMachine

re: PALIN/WEST 2012

That certainly would be my choice of a ticket.


67 posted on 06/10/2011 7:35:55 AM PDT by jwparkerjr (I would rather lose with Sarah than win with a RINO!)
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To: rawhide
rawhide wrote: "What an incredibly beautiful woman! And she is an articulate, highly moral woman. I wish her well. God bless her.

Amen!

68 posted on 06/10/2011 7:38:11 AM PDT by txnuke (Obama votes "PRES__ENT" because he has no ID.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Freepmail.


69 posted on 06/10/2011 7:40:32 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: onyx; Jim Robinson
I hope politico gets banned from here.

Moved and seconded. Jim...?

70 posted on 06/10/2011 7:59:07 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: Advil000
Brilliant post here.

I have been saying for months now that the more the DBM goes after Palin the stronger she gets and its true.

71 posted on 06/10/2011 8:32:53 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: Syncro

Hey Pal!
Your “Synchro” is glaringly not working!
Your gears are NOT meshing properly!


72 posted on 06/10/2011 8:32:56 AM PDT by Tucker39
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To: LucyT

You just gotta love the Ministry of Truth.


73 posted on 06/10/2011 8:42:44 AM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (A Movement that does not move cannot call itself a Movement.)
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To: MestaMachine; Advil000; Carry_Okie
To: Advil000 It’s more and more crystal clear every day that the best president is the one the media hates most. The media can alienate independents and get conservatives in blissful lockstep behind her with the same tactic, effectively and once again picking the GOP candidate they believe will lose. It's a twofer! 27 posted on 06/10/2011 1:09:50 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who belong in jail.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies | Report Abuse ] To: Carry_Okie Only in your dreams. Unless you actually believe that Conservatives can’t ALSO be Independents.
See the classic Billy Wilder "Witness for the Prosecution" if you don't believe you can be fooled in such a manner.

See the movie, do not simply read the spoiler reviews of it. (Here's a non-spoiler review.) Without experiencing it firsthand you will not be entertained and distracted and so you will miss its personal warning to you.

The media knows how to trick us, and this movie is designed to prove you can be tricked. It does not matter how cynical you think you are. Even in this cynical age, this 1956 film remains entertaining and is still proof to viewers that they are not cynical enough where it counts. I bet it can still fool you even after I may have put you on guard too much.

74 posted on 06/10/2011 9:48:43 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla (How humanitarian are "leaders" who back Malthusian, Utilitarian & Green nutcases?)
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To: MestaMachine; Advil000; Carry_Okie
To: Advil000
It’s more and more crystal clear every day that the best president is the one the media hates most.
The media can alienate independents and get conservatives in blissful lockstep behind her with the same tactic, effectively and once again picking the GOP candidate they believe will lose. It's a twofer!

27 posted on 06/10/2011 1:09:50 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who belong in jail.)

To: Carry_Okie

Only in your dreams. Unless you actually believe that Conservatives can’t ALSO be Independents.

See the classic Billy Wilder "Witness for the Prosecution" if you don't believe you can be fooled in such a manner.

See the movie, do not simply read the spoiler reviews of it. (Here's a non-spoiler review.) Without experiencing it firsthand you will not be entertained and distracted and so you will miss its personal warning to you.

The media knows how to trick us, and this movie is designed to prove you can be tricked. It does not matter how cynical you think you are. Even in this cynical age, this 1956 film remains entertaining and is still proof to viewers that they are not cynical enough where it counts. I bet it can still fool you even after I may have put you on guard too much.

75 posted on 06/10/2011 9:51:53 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla (How humanitarian are "leaders" who back Malthusian, Utilitarian & Green nutcases?)
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To: MestaMachine; Advil000; Carry_Okie
Sigh. I don't post here often enough anymore. Sorry. (HERE is the non-spoiler review.)
76 posted on 06/10/2011 9:56:02 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla (How humanitarian are "leaders" who back Malthusian, Utilitarian & Green nutcases?)
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To: Syncro

Why does everyone keep on misspelling POLLUTICO?


77 posted on 06/10/2011 10:07:59 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: Tucker39
SyncroFR

Braun SyncroFR

Oh man that was a close shave!

79 posted on 06/10/2011 10:31:33 AM PDT by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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