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Originally Posted by vraiblonde  Woo woo. They should have done a better job of sourcing their story in the first place.
Because that's how it works, of course. They run a huge headline with some lie they made up, then issue a retraction buried somewhere. But the damage has already been done, and they know it.
CBS did this with the Bush AWOL papers and it cost a few people their jobs. |
Exactly Vrai, I think these kind of attacks are calculated and they know that the stories are false or unsupported from the beginning, but are in such a frenzy to discredit Palin that they run it anyways knowing the damage it will do.