Phony Think Tank Fool MSNBC in Palin Hoax

A Fake Expert Named Martin Eisenstadt and a Phony Think Tank Fool Bloggers and the Mainstream News Media - NYTimes.com

 

MSNBC, so anxious to make Sarah Palin look bad, jumped on a report initiated by bloggers from a phony think tank, representing a fictional expert to report that Gov. Palin did not know that Africa was a continent.

That report, along with numerous others that surfaced throughout the campaign, was a complete hoax.  What a surprise, MSNBC rushed to bash Sarah Palin before researching the credibility of the story.

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