AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book ‘Fact Check’
Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the Associated Press’ treatment of Palin’s book seems an unprecedented move at the wire service. Sarah Palin is no normal politician, and at the Associated Press, apparently “Going Rogue” is no normal book.
When the former Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor wrote her autobiography, the AP found a copy before its release date and assigned 11 people to fact check all 432 pages.
The AP claims Palin misstated her record with regard to travel expenses and taxpayer-funded bailouts, using statements widely reported elsewhere. But it also speculated into Palin’s motives for writing “Going Rogue: An American Life,” stating as fact that the book “has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto.”
Palin quickly hit back on a Facebook post titled “Really? Still Making Things Up?”
“Imagine that,” the post read. “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, Hasan’s associations, etc. Amazing.”
The AP, an organization with over 4,000 employees and 49 Pulitzer Prizes earned for asking the hard questions, wouldn’t comment on their own reporting for this story.
For the rest of the attack on Sarah Palin go here:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/17/ap-turns-heads-devoting-reporters-palin-book-fact-check/
Face Forward Comments:
Another great head line would have been Sarah Palin 1, Barack Obama 0.
With the release of her book, “Going Rogue, the nation can now officially assume that Sarah Palin will be seeking the Republican nomination to make a run for the White House.
Look, I really like Sarah Palin. I like how she grew up and what she stands for (or at least what she says she stands for) I am just not sure that Sarah Palin is the right candidate for the office of president. Not saying that I wouldn’t vote for her, I just want to see what all of my options are before I commit to anything. However I can tell you with no uncertain terms that if the left leaning press hates her (and they do) then that moves her way up face forward poll.
Why does the left fear her so? Why is there such a big campaign to belittle her? By doing so, the voice of the left is polarizing her support to an almost extreme level. And maybe that’s the answer. If they can paint her as the republican conservative choice, then when elections come they think it will split the vote between the Republicans and a “Conservative Third Party”. Only time will tell. There are still too many unanswered questions about what kind of national support Palin will be able to generate.
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