Hooray for New Media? Or something...

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Link from snobahr!

So, it seems the information that Palin didn't know Africa was a continent, despite being widely reported and repeated by McCain campaign folks, was actually a joke from a fake blog.

So... way to go, McCain and Palin campaign? I have no idea how to process this information.

Edit: I suspect my memory of hearing campaign staff talking about the Africa thing is based on my memories of the FOX news report, which was false.

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Hold the presses, professor.

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From further down the story:

"The pranksters behind Eisenstadt acknowledge that he was not, through them, the anonymous source of the Palin leak. He just claimed falsely that he was the leaker--and they say they have no reason to cast doubt on the original story. For its part, Fox News Channel continues to stand behind its story."

Eisenstadt didn't make the information up, merely claimed to have leaked it. The advisors anonymously quoted were the actual source of the leak, not the fictitious Dr. Eisenstadt. As much as I'd like to bag on Fox for sourcing so thinly, it would appear the Africa story still has yet to be disproven.

Re: Hold the presses, professor.

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Good catch! Reading is hard for lazy mice. :(

Re: Hold the presses, professor.

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I think you mean "reading is hard for busy mice." You hardly seem the lazy sort.