http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/8/29/172734/209Fox News Plagiarizes in Palin story
by Falsehood, Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 05:27:34 PM EST
Let's compare some quotes:
Fox's profile of Palin:
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/29/ sarah-palin-seen-as-gop-rising-star/
Almanac of American Politics:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2 008/people/ak/akgv.php
FOX:
Palin grew up in Wasilla, just outside of Anchorage, played on Wasilla's state champion girls' basketball team in 1982, wore the crown of Miss Wasilla in 1984 and competed in the Miss Alaska contest.
AoAP:
She grew up in Wasilla, just outside of Anchorage, played on Wasilla's state championship girls basketball team in 1982, wore the crown of Miss Wasilla in 1984 and competed in the Miss Alaska contest.
Fox:
At the end of her second term, party leaders encouraged her to enter the 2002 race for lieutenant governor. Palin, running against veteran legislators with far more experience, finished second in the Republican primary by fewer than 2,000 votes, making a name for herself in statewide politics.
AoAP:
At the end of her second term, party leaders encouraged her to enter the 2002 race for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Against veteran legislators with far more experience, Palin finished second by fewer than 2,000 votes, making a name for herself in statewide politics.
Fox:
Frank Murkowski, elected governor in 2002, suffered politically from his decision to appoint his daughter as his Senate successor and for purchasing a state jet for his travel. A Republican, Murkowski also faced criticism that the natural gas pipeline deal that he had negotiated was a sweetheart deal with oil producers.
AoAP:
Murkowski suffered politically from his decision to appoint his daughter as his Senate successor and for purchasing a state jet for his travel. He also faced criticism that the natural gas pipeline deal that he had negotiated was a sweetheart deal with oil producers.