AP Under Fire for Palin Fact-Check
The Associated Press is struggling to defend its decision to assign a fleet of 11 reporters to pore over the facts in Sarah Palin's best-selling memoir "Going Rogue: An American Life."
The news agency was thrown on the defensive after critics -- including Palin herself -- charged she was being singled out for investigation when the AP savaged her book as inaccurate.
They noted that President Obama, whose two best-selling memoirs helped propel him to national fame, didn't receive any fact-checking.
Last week, the AP sent news organizations a story headlined "Fact check: Palin's book goes wrong on some facts," citing several discrepancies in accounts of her tenure as governor of Alaska and other matters.
It carried one byline and listed 10 other writers who contributed to it.
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mrcfiman
Looks like someone is scared... 11 so-called AP writers for Sarah's book ? Maybe, they should fact check Acorn, SEIU, AFL-CIO ..... oh, maybe that would be for the fraud department. Well, keep on digging.
Henri
Hate to break it to you gang, Palin's approval rating is 34% and its trending down. Hope you like the book. Maybe she'll read it some day.
capt chaos
According to what poll?? If she is soooo unpopular, then why is her book on a second printing after a week on the shelves???
Mom in NV
One question: Why do liberals get so upset and feel so threatened at the mention of Sarah Palin? I find it funny that one lone woman can upset so many people. If they don't like her, then don't read her book or make her a public issue. The more they attack her in public, the more afraid and desperate they appear.
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timberrr
I'm curious as to why this same exact post appears in almost every comment section. Does working for the libs and the dems pay more than minimum wage now? Like marching in the pro-lib or envirionmental rallies or being bussed into conservative events to protest? I find it sad that the left have to hire people for these things while most on the right do it out of principal and beliefs. These leftie idiots can't even follow intelligently, only stupidly. I suppose we shouldn't expect anymore from brainwashed zombies. Obama couldn't give a five minute speech on how he wipes his butt without a teleprompter. Anyone on the left who watched Palin's speech last year sans teleprompter has to be afraid, and they are. Cudos to Sarah!!
Bob
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idesign
Obama crashing, Sarah rising.
tholdiel
DOH you can't be serious that you believe this as fact??
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Ak Sleddawg
WAKE UP EVERYONE!!! If they find it so worthy do scrutinize a private citizen, who holds no public office and has no power (other than her principals)It won't be long until we are all "Fact checked" if integrity and honesty isn't re-instituted in journalism and our government.
spiffy
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY PALIN''S LIFE IS AN OPEN BOOK YET OUR BUDDY IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SEALED RECORDS ?????? WHERE IS AP ??????
boombotz69
Easy one-all the print media less the WSJ,and the electronic media except FOX are low life left wing Commies who think they are on the side of the "underdogs"
You see what you get when you believe them and vote for an Obama and a cabinet of screwballs all who have met their Peter Principle the day they walked into the White House
spiffy
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY THE LIBERAL MEDIA & LEFT WING PUSH OVER NEWS COMMENTATORS ARE ATTACKING PALIN , OTHER THAN FEELING THREATENED BY HER SUCCESSFUL POPULARITY ???????
Gerardi
No matter what the liberal media says or does, Sarah Palin will come out on top. The people are now starting to see the truth behind the medias lies and Obama's lies and Obama's policy failures, as well. So, as Obama falls, and the US economy falls into a deep recession, and even a depression, with the highest unemployment rate in decades, and taxes at an alll time high and going even higher with all the spendind congress and Obama want to do, and the deficit skyrocketing out of orbit because of their wreckless spending, Sarah Palin will be confirmed as being right all along. The more Obama fails, the more Sarah Palin wins the war the liberals have waged against her.
Go Sarah.!!
Jackson Pearson
Note to the MSM: The American people are NOT fools.
Thank God we have the Internet, because the American MSM have lost all credibility, have tanked, and are backstroking for Obama.
Most news today gotten come from the foreign press, BBC etc. Then the biased fools here have to wonder why they're staff lay offs and slacked sales when all they have to do is print ALL of the news, honestly and objectively!
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George F
Palin derangement syndrome at work yet again.
Jackson Pearson
So why are yo here then?
Life's simpler when you're ignorant
okay, so that posts, but not anything that I try to post that would intellectually challenge . . . hmmmmm, what might we be afraid of . . .
naplesconservative
Given your user name, and your brilliant comment that did post, I think you are making up the fact that anything you could post would "intellectually challenge" anyone other than the intellectually challenged" that you listen to.
Life's simpler when you're ignorant
fox sux
4america14all
That comment is quite intellectual and obviously requires a high level of vocabulary.
fed up with them all
AP, another sorry news outlet that needs to be boycotted.
Paladin
The liberal media have successfully destroyed conservative candidates in the past. It won't work this time, because conservative American women are at the forefront of the Tea Party movement and they fully support Sarah.
Gerardi
No matter what the liberal media says or does, Sarah Palin will come out on top. The people are now starting to see the truth behind the medias lies and Obama's lies and Obama's policy failures, as well. So, as Obama falls, and the US economy falls into a deep recession, and even a depression, with the highest unemployment rate in decades, and taxes at an alll time high and going even higher with all the spendind congress and Obama want to do, and the deficit skyrocketing out of orbit because of their wreckless spending, Sarah Palin will be confirmed as being right all along. The more Obama fails, the more Sarah Palin wins the war the liberals have waged against her.
Go Sarah.!!
Rick Mercer
Sarah Palin destroyed herself; she has no one to blame. If the media didn't report on her in a truthful manner (Fox should try it out; gain some credibility) they wouldn't be doing their job. Why would the Tea Partiers support a chronic liar that cannot be trusted?
boombotz69
That sounds like Obama to me
YOU Tube had a clip on the other day showing Obama telling 7 lies in a two minute film clip-they counted them
Check it out
boombotz69
That sounds like Obama to me
YOU Tube had a clip on the other day showing Obama telling 7 lies in a two minute film clip-they counted them
Check it out
Gerardi
Everyone said that the liberals here were full of bad information, nonsense, and erroneous facts. They also said that you always revert to name calling and vile and venomous hatred. Boy, they weren't kidding.
mr.blogger, you must be one of them. I will pray for you sir.
John
Here comes SARAH PALIN. RUN LIBS RUN. This is so funny how afraid of her they are.
sue of al
the libs have to put sarah down to make there man look good . how did mr o now his fathers dreams since he was never around. mrs o even said that . my dream is to get this nut job out of the white house.2012 but he don't care he'll have messed this country up enought.
Winston Cupp
AP is highlighting their bias and contempt for Palin and other's that share many of her values. There are a heluva lot more of us sharing many of her convictions than there are you and at every chance, we will try to damage your organization financially by some form of boycotting.
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Recon
why doesn't AP FACT CK. 2000+ pg HealthCare bill?
biker
When are the ap going to send 11 people to check out the information in obamas books?
jcandme85
And what is Obama afraid of? HIs own hitmen
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nom de plume
did Sara pay her taxes???????????? well then she has most of the Obama administration beat...........................................FACT CHECK THAT
Janie
et tu AP?
REALITY CHECK!
Obama hangs around with MARXIST thugs....the AP should FACT CHECK that!!!!
my view
Why didn't they fact check Obama's books? Man these idiots are really afraid of Sarah Palin and it really is making her look better and better.
Sticktothefacts
I can't believe they have a legal right to do so. She wrote the book. She put in it whatever she wants. They are not the "book police."
Obamabots
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HUCKABEE SUPPORTS OBAMA!
SLAMS SHAMEFUL TREATMENT of OBAMA:
http://tiny.cc/fHyu2
22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222:
Palin's UNFAVORABILITY Ratings ON THE RISE NATION WIDE!
Article:
http://tiny.cc/42hqP
Poll:
http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/fav-palin.php
33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333:
Yes, Palin Backed the Bailouts. (Don't tell anyone):
http://tiny.cc/NZZSe
44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444:
CROWD BOOS as Palin stiffs fans at book signing:
http://tiny.cc/QGbOM
REALITY CHECK!
Oh, that was only Tina Fey posing as Sarah Palin....Tina's a real TWIT!
sammer
Imagine that, fact-checking the most anticipated book of the year.
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THE FACTS: Palin characterized the pipeline deal the same way before an AP investigation found her team crafted terms that favored only a few independent pipeline companies and ultimately benefited a company with ties to her administration, TransCanada Corp. Despite promises and legal guidance not to talk directly with potential bidders during the process, Palin had meetings or phone calls with nearly every major candidate, including TransCanada.
This story was debunked (by democrats no less) during the campaign when AP first brought it up. See here: http://juneauempire.com/stories/102908/loc_349549309.shtml