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Washington Post erroneously reports Sarah Palin joining Al Jazeera
2013-02-12

The Washington Post has erroneously reported that Sarah Palin, the former vice presidential candidate and former Fox News contributor, is joining the Qatari-owned news network Al Jazeera.

"Late last week Al Jazeera America announced the former vice-presidential candidate would be joining their news network," the Post's Suzi Parker writes today in a post on the She The People blog, titled "Sarah Palin’s plan to reach ‘millions of devoutly religious people’ through al-Jazeera."

Parker calls this "a cautionary tale about what can happen when politics and celebrity meet."

But Parker's report is a cautionary tale about what can happen when writers cite satirical websites, such as The Daily Currant.

On Feb. 4, the Daily Currant published a satirical piece stating that Palin was "bouncing back by joining the fledgling Al Jazeera America news network as a host and commentator." Parker cites this piece and uses quotes that the Currant attributes to Palin, including:

“As you all know, I’m not a big fan of newspapers, journalists, news anchors and the liberal media in general,” Palin told the Web site The Daily Currant. “But I met with the folks at Al-Jazeera and they told me they reach millions of devoutly religious people who don’t watch CBS or CNN. That tells me they don’t have a liberal bias.”

Al Jazeera spokesman Stan Collender confirmed to POLITICO that Sarah Palin is not joining the global news network, which -- as Parker notes -- was recently called “an anti-American terror mouthpiece" on Fox News, where Palin was a contributor. (I've written at length about American opposition to Al Jazeera.)
Posted by:Beavis

#8  "He [Elvis] works at the Mocha Moose in Wasilla"
> D *** NG, I KNEW IT!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-02-12 18:52  

#7  "And this got past all of their layers of fact checkers because they suck, or because they want to smear her?"

No reason it can't be both, Darth.
Posted by: Barbara   2013-02-12 18:35  

#6  I'm not surprised with Wapo. I would be surprised if Palin joined al-jizz.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-02-12 17:52  

#5  About as accurate any anything concerning Palin that WaPo has ever published.
Posted by: Neville Spawn of the Swedes8523   2013-02-12 17:16  

#4  Sarahcudda responds

"Hey Washington Post," the former Alaska governor said in a quick reaction Tweet. "I'm having coffee with Elvis this week. He works at the Mocha Moose in Wasilla."
Posted by: Beavis   2013-02-12 16:02  

#3  Fake but 'Accurate'?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2013-02-12 14:15  

#2  Sarah Palin would have more credibility if she joined Al Jazeera than if she joined WaPo.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2013-02-12 13:07  

#1  And this got past all of their layers of fact checkers because they suck, or because they want to smear her?

I think we all know the answer to this one.
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-02-12 13:05  

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