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But as far as I know, the story about Palin's confusion about Africa hasn't been proven false. In fact, Palin's first comments about that controversy, which she described as "the continent versus the country," certainly make it seem plausible that Palin didn't realize that Africa is a continent: "'If there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep about NAFTA, and about the continent vs. the country when we talk about Africa there, then those were taken out of context,' she said." Um, if Africa the country doesn't exist, how could there be a "continent versus country" discussion during debate prep?
Palin denounces her critics as cowardly - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/ap_on_el_pr/palin_clothing#full - broken link)
BS and nothing else. But, people always have to have some sort of LIE to hang their hat onto when they HATE as so many do. In fact, it has all been proven to be a lie. Hell, even CNN a few days ago already had debunked most of what was said, including the Africa story. The only reason you don't want to believe it is a lie is because you dislike her so much.
"identified himself as the source of a FOX News Channel story" - Did Fox retract it, too? Hm, maybe this is their way of retracting.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.
No, not a McCain advisor.
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Yet neither he nor the institute exist; each is part of a hoax dreamed up by a filmmaker named Eitan Gorlin and his partner, Dan Mirvish, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
Well it doesn't debunk the story about Palin, it only corrects that the supposed source cited was not correct.
Sorry Ms. Non-Independent, but even CNN came out a couple of days ago and debunked the stories. You really should keep up on the news more if you are going to post about them.
The problem goes beyond the MSM. Had Americans been given the opportunity to learn more about Palin we would have been better able to judge the validity of this claim.
As it stands, the few times Palin was presented to the press in interviews, she made a fool of herself. That left the door open for stories like these to be believeable.
And from what I've seen of her, I don't doubt that she didn't know that Africa was a continent and I also don't doubt that she did not know which countries were members of NAFTA.
Well it doesn't debunk the story about Palin, it only corrects that the supposed source cited was not correct.
Clearly you studied journalism under Dan Rather. "The source isn't credible, but the story is still true....."
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