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Palin: AP Fact Check Of My Book Is 'Opposition Research'

Ben Frumin | November 15, 2009, 3:17PM

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Sarah Palin is trying to fact check the fact checkers. The former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee -- whose memoir release this week has just about everyone talking about her -- took issue in a Facebook note today with the AP's scathing fact check of her book. She even goes so far as call the AP piece "opposition research."

Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released. They're now erroneously reporting on the book's contents and are repeating many of the same things they spewed during the campaign and afterwards. We've heard 11 writers are engaged in this opposition research, er, "fact checking" research! Imagine that - 11 AP reporters dedicating time and resources to tearing up the book, instead of using the time and resources to "fact check" what's going on with Sheik Mohammed's trial, Pelosi's health care takeover costs, Hasan's associations, etc. Amazing.
We'll keep setting the record straight, and we'll keep reminding some in the media that Americans are very tired of their non-objective reporting.

The AP, which got a copy of Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir "Going Rogue" several days before the book's Nov. 17 release, called Palin out on a number of false or exaggerated claims in the book.

Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.
Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician roguishly indifferent to high ambition.

The full AP piece is here.

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maya89

November 15, 2009 3:50 PM

please... what a HUGE joke this woman is.. even McCain camp folks are saying her account of her role in the campaign is "ALL FICTION" (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29504.html); so now journalists are no longer supposed to fact-check what politicians say?? because that exposes HER LIES??

the other day even FOX News caught her in a lie, for crying out loud (http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/70006632.html)

some Reps, however, still consider her a viable candidate for prez for 2012... this is one thing I love about Republicans: their affinity for STUPID IGNORANT politicians... Rush/Palin for 2012 -- yeah!! :)

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Kuyleh

November 15, 2009 4:01 PM

"We'll keep setting the record straight, and we'll keep reminding some in the media that Americans are very tired of their non-objective reporting."

Yeah, we're all real tired of you, your followers and Faux News. Thanks for noticing. Now, please, shut up...

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Reefdancer

November 15, 2009 4:21 PM

Trust me sweetie pie, I'd rather be talking about healthcare and Afghanistan than your pathetic book of lies.

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Reefdancer

November 15, 2009 4:30 PM

Also, how does she know there are 11 fact checkers. Did AP call her and tell her? Just another case of disrespecting the troops by "makin' things up" dang it

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calchala

November 15, 2009 5:06 PM in reply to Reefdancer

There were 11 fact checkers. Look at the bottom of the article. That's the only true thing in her response.

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JNagarya

November 16, 2009 1:28 AM in reply to calchala

And that is probably a few double-digits too few.

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tiowally

November 15, 2009 5:35 PM

If only Orly Taitz would file a few defamation suits on Caribou Barbie's behalf.

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Cross_Apotheosis

November 15, 2009 5:46 PM

Imagine that - 11 AP reporters dedicating time and resources to tearing up the book, instead of using the time and resources to "fact check" what's going on with Sheik Mohammed's trial, Pelosi's health care takeover costs, Hasan's associations, etc. Amazing.

Yes, Sarah, it is amazing that the AP is capable of hiring enough people to cover more than one story and write more than one article.

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Armageddon T. Thunderbird

November 15, 2009 6:03 PM

Palin wants to be taken seriously. But then she criticizes people who fact-check her book.
Does she really think she can just make stuff up and nobody is supposed to say anything?
And what about Cheney/Palin!!!! Holy Armageddon Batman!!!!

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shooter242

November 15, 2009 7:23 PM

Having read the "factcheck", if this is the worst a full eleven people could come up with, they have bupkis. Come back if you folks find out she fundraises at a terrorist's house like Obama.

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JNagarya

November 16, 2009 1:30 AM in reply to shooter242

Thank you for weighing in, Sarah.

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sully18

November 15, 2009 8:18 PM

A legend in her own mind.This joke of a woman,as deluded as she is,exemplifies how low the bar has fallen in the American political process.How can we take any of these scoundrels seriously? As much as I hate to say it,this woman is a nincompoop.

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Leftflank

November 15, 2009 9:42 PM

Palin & cheney are the right-wing whatevers great "WHITE" hope, & they're serious. That's all we need to know. These neo-cro-magnons are a collective joke. Apparently they're will always be 15 o 20% of adult, voting Americans that live in fear of maturing & growing as a people & a nation & they thrive on spreading these fears. They are also pretty damn proud of a controllable degree of ignorance that they also prey on.
Oh well, what are you gonna do. Recognize these facts, empathize maybe, & after those couple of minutes are up, get on with the important business of America.
These clowns, like all clowns, are for entertainment, to be laughed at.

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