Watchdog: Newspapers fabricate pro-gay Palin

McClatchy's Miami Herald and the Las Vegas Sun are two papers that Media Matters has called out on their reporting about Alaska Governor and Senator McCain's running mate Sarah Palin.

A recent Herald article states that Gov. Palin "didn't balk" at the prospect of extending employment benefits to same-sex partners of state employees per the state's Supreme Court. The Sun countered a possible portrayal of Palin as a "frightening religious zealot" by noting that she vetoed legislation that would have counteracted the Supreme Court order.

What these two reports omit is that in December 2006, Palin vetoed the bill, HB4001, not because she disagreed with it, but because she was told by the Department of Law that it was unconstitutional.

Palin maintained her disagreement with extending the benefits, and noted that the option was still open to reverse the Supreme Court's order through majority vote. "The Governor's veto does not signal any change or modification to her disagreement with the action and order by the Alaska Supreme Court," the state press release added. "It is the Governor's intention to work with the legislature and to give the people of Alaska an opportunity to express their wishes and intentions whether these benefits should continue."

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Let this alienate more of them.

Everyone else knows better.