Palin accuses the AP of doing 'opposition research' in fact check

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/67805-palin-accuses-the-associated-press-of-doing-opposition-research-in-fact-check

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) went after the Associated Press on Sunday, accusing them of engaging in "opposition research" in fact-checking her forthcoming book.

Palin blasted the AP's fact check of her new book, "Going Rogue," which says the former governor had gone rogue with some of the facts.

"Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released," Palin wrote on her Facebook page. "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!" Palin continued. "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, Hassan's associations, etc."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. "We heard . . . . Some say. . . "

oppo research, simply because they check facts?

This woman is mentally ill.

[tblue37]

26. She's Republican. Same thing. nt

[tekisui]

2. She is the most inept political figure of my time.

[Jade Fox]

21. I fear she is a sign of the times......

The Right, taking it's cues from the Left as they always do, seems to have decided that demanding a politician have reasonable levels of competency and experience is some sort of discrimination.

They insist on Affirmative Action for the Stupid and Incompetent.

[spooked911]

3. she never fails to amaze me about what a doofus she is

[Ava83]

4. She should also fact check the number of writers

I could be wrong but 10 are listed on the story.

Actually to have 10 do some third grade level reading and a google search would take about 10 to 20 min...I actually find that good project planning

[rvablue]

5. When is anyone in the media going to start questioning her on this "I'm a victim" hysteria?

Every public figure goes through vetting.

And if you write a book, people in the media are going to check out the facts of what you write.

It's happened to everyone. She is no different.

This screeching and howling and facebooking and twittering that somehow she's been singled out is just downright ridiculous. When is someone in the media going to call her out?

Or, are they just too afraid that $'error is going to accuse them of doing "oppo research."

[MerryBlooms]

14. That victim card of hers expired during the campaign

I'd be thrilled if she dropped off the face of the earth and took a bunch of other media whores with her.

[Th1onein]

17. I'm GLAD she's still here and I hope she stays.

In fact, I hope she is top on the Republican ticket for Prez in 2012!

[smoogatz]

29. Cheney/Palin 2012!!! And 2016!!!

They can't run her enough, as far as I'm concerned. But yeah, what does she think--she can attack McCain's inner circle with impunity and they're somehow not allowed to respond? That nobody's allowed to check the veracity of her factual/historical claims, some of which just might be a tad self-serving? Of course she doesn't really think either of those things--she's just trying to spin, spin, spin the discussion in order to silence any kind of critique--the media are out to get her: here's more evidence. Just goes to show ya!

[Jade Fox]

22. See my post #21

[ladywnch]

38. she won't talk to any media that would actually question her.

she'd only talk to Faux Nooze and they're too in love with her to actually question her.

[Mz Pip]

6. Fact checking!!

Oh noes!!!!! How dare they not take every damn thing Sarah has said or "written" at face value.

"Some say" Sarah is an opportunistic twit. I am one of them.

Mz Pip

[lpbk2713]

7. Dayum librul media.

Failin loses points in originality here. I could get that sort of
shit if I wanted it from OxyRush or Han-nutty any day of the week.

[pinto]

8. Ah geez. The election is over, Ms Palin, and you lost.

:nopity:

[applegrove]

9. Is "opposite research" the same thing as "opposite marriage"? Just wondering.

[barbtries]

10. lol

but does she deny that her book is full of lies? no, because it is.

[bluedeminredstate]

11. Her victimhood continues unabated.

This woman has a collossal sense of entitlement to think that her book shouldn't be checked for accuracy. If she could only grasp the fact that video taped interviews last forever on youtube she would realize that the press and the public were made aware of her inclination to lie about everything from the moment she entered the public arena.
The fact that she whines about being picked on by the Mccain campaign, the AP, the rest of the MSM and Levi Johnston on her facebook page tells her how very unserious she is. To believe her is to believe that she is surrounded forces that want to silence her and her inflated sense of importance is almost comical until you realize that a segment of the public buys into her nonsense and they see her as the cure for what ails this country.

[bridgit]

12. It's becoming clearer by the day - republicans really are as stupid as they sound

[Contrary1]

13. See Sarah. See Sarah piss off the AP. No, Sarah no! Bad, bad, bad.

Funny, coming from the clown princess who refuses to allow the media into her "speeches". Next year, she'll be bitching about them not covering her.

[Th1onein]

15. She is a true blue American idiot.

What's sad is that she expects the rest of us to be idiots, too. What's even sadder is that many of us are.

[ThoughtCriminal]

16. Calling it "Opposition Research"

is easier than any real rebuttal.

[Brother Buzz]

18. Sarah darling, amazingly, but not surprisingly, if you did a little research...

you would discover your own damn publisher sent them copies of your worthless book without charging them a nickel.

[gratuitous]

34. No! AP somehow nabbed an advance copy

Sarah Palin would never try to curry favor with the former news outlet that provided John Solomon with a sinecure.

[adamuu]

19. The sad part is that even if she gets called on her lies

She will never be called on her lies about her lies (about her lies)

[C_U_L8R]

20. Palin fails under scrutiny

she keeps picking fights with the press that she cannot possibly win

[DainBramaged]

23. I fail to believe she wrote any of that herself..........

I am POSITIVE some RNC operative wrote every single word for her. She's too fucking stupid to put a coherent sentence together.

[Raschel]

27. I agree. I don't believe she writes her own internet comments, much less a book.

[smoogatz]

24. How dare they pay attention to me

while I engage in month after month of relentless and mercenary publicity seeking!

[patrice]

25. BTW Sarah, thanks for helping Pelosi with 3962!

[Raschel]

28. She deserves the 'leave Britney alone' crying face more than Britney ever did.

[donco6]

30. 11 fact checkers is merely an indicator of how much crap they're wading through.

They have to keep bringing in more.

[depakid]

31. You'd be surprised at how many people believe this- abput AP no less

The editors had to cut off the Oregonian's comment section on the fact check piece (something they rarely EVER do) presumably because every freak and paranoid conspiracy theorist came out of the woodwork, and made Republicans look really bad- actually, more like delusional and barking mad.

Which of course, a significant proportion are- though the publishers take great pains to keep folks from knowing that and my bet is that some of the comments re: "the evil media that dared check facts" were a little spooky.

Sort of disappointing though- there was a lot of comedy in there, and I getting IBTL.

[Toots]

32. She really does have a valid point

Eleven reporters working on her and not much at all about the torture and imprisonment of these criminals and that "Finally" they will be brought to "Justice" and not just vengeance and revenge.....

[Cass]

33. Lol, so she's no too happy that someone is checking out her claims.

She thought she could just make stuff up and no one would call her on it. She's a piece of work!

:rofl:

[daleo]

35. If you stick to telling the truth

Then fact checkers can't contradict you.

Those stubborn, stubborn facts.

[kevinbgoode1]

36. If she was an honest person, she wouldn't have anything to be whining about

with the Associated Press. Beyond her obvious belief that government should control the press (well, only if Republicans are running the government) she really should have kept her mouth shut. But then, she really didn't have anything to write about in a book, either - unless this is supposed to be an entry into the fiction category.

Funny how she believes that fact-checking is "opposition" research - I'm wondering why her alleged editor didn't engage into some factchecking as well. And perhaps the ex-governor should return to school and learn to distinguish from "facts" and those delusions she so clearly prefers to manufacture inside her little head.

She really is the last person who should complain about erroneous reporting, since she has apparently made quite a career out of doing that herself.

[malaise]

37. Palin really believes that

she can say any damn thing she wants and no one should check it.
She's either unbelievably simple or her sense of entitlement defies logic.

[Sheltiemama]

39. Why can't both scenarios be true?

[malaise]

40. They probably are both true

Wait remove the probably :evilgrin:

[EFerrari]

41. That's funny. She doesn't even know how the AP works.