Martin Eisenstadt is MSNBC’s Top McCain figure?
This is precious.
Immediately after the election, a few networks ran with the story that McCain campaign workers were claiming that Sarah Palin did not know Africa was a continent, among other ludicrous claims. Turns out, MSMBC’s source for the claim was one Martin Eisenstadt.
Turns out, Martin Eisenstadt isn’t real. He’s a fictional character.
Some people were quick to blame the creators of Martin Eisenstadt for the faux pas. However, the creators were quick to blame the shoddy reporting of MSNBC.
I agree with the creators of Martin Eisenstadt. There was nothing outside of the fictional blog to suggest Martin Eisenstadt had anything to do with John McCain or Sarah Palin. With no verification from anyone, MSNBC, and others, ran with the story as if it were fact. Now, faced with the fact that their source was a fictional character, rather than very publicly recanting the story, and apologizing to Sarah Palin, they’re attacking a fictional character. That’s the very sorry state of major media today.
Constitution Club
This story proves that journalism is still alive and well; it just smells like it’s dead!
The main story here is not a hoax. I, Sarah Palin really didn’t know what NAFTA is. I kinda still don’t. And I didn’t know that Africa is a continent and not a country. The truth, it seems, is stanger than fiction.
The only hoax is that Marty took credit as the source of the leak. MSNBC ran with the story that he was the leaker, and they were wrong.
However, the truth remains that I, Sarah Palin, did not know that the NAFTA is a trade agreement between our country and Canada and Mexico. And let me just say here that running for Vice President has humbled me greatly. I now know just what the VP does every day: deal with complicated things which I know nothing about.
While Marty’ll never work on any of my campaigns ever again, I sure hope that I don’t have to run against the next person who hires him.
For more information about the insights and knowledge that I have regarding foreign policy matters, just go to my website:
http://www.SarahPalin.com
and remember:
Sarah Palin TwentyTwelve!
You betcha.
Yes, man.