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republicansarewhores Donating Member (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 01:28 AM
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WTF... When did Faux News co-opt UPI? Check out this "article" on Gibson/Palin...
Slanted? Motherfucker... I didn't know they released editorials on the UPI newswire and identified it as news... this looks like something you'd hear from INSannity or O'LIElly...

And who the fuck is this little ratfuck Martin Sieff?

ABC's Gibson grilled Palin hard, but it may backfire

By MARTIN SIEFF

Published: Sept. 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- There were no surprises, no knockout zingers, but also no bloopers Thursday night in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's first TV interview since becoming the Republican vice presidential nominee.

Charles Gibson of ABC News was out for blood and inherently applied a double-standard compared with the kid gloves George Stephanopoulos used on Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois on Sunday night.

Gibson was out to embarrass Palin and expose her presumed ignorance from the word go. By contrast, when Obama referred to his "Muslim faith" on Sunday and did not correct himself, Stephanopoulos rushed in at once to help him and emphasize that the senator had really meant to say his Christian faith.

By contrast, Gibson tried to embarrass Palin by referring to her Christian faith in asking people to pray for U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Palin countered by pointing out she was following the precedent set by Abraham Lincoln.

MORE:

http://www.upi.com/news/issueoftheday/2008/09/12/ABCs_Gibson_grilled_Palin_hard_but_it_may_backfire/UPI-81241221234472/

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11cents Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 01:33 AM
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1. UPI is owned by the Moonies, has been for a number of years.
That's why Helen Thomas left it. But Sieff, I think, is usually regarded as an editorialist in any case.
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 01:54 AM
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5. UPI? I didn't know that. Depressing.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 01:35 AM
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2. UPI= Rev. Moon= Batshit insane right wing
Now you know.
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republicansarewhores Donating Member (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 01:49 AM
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3. Damn
That answers my question then... I thought AP and UPI were objective... guess not.

The rest of the editorial is fucking batshit crazy... like Gibson had NO RIGHT grilling the bitch... unbelievable. She is a completely empty vessel...

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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 01:51 AM
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4. Bizzare--- here's his bio
Edited on Sat Sep-13-08 01:55 AM by chill_wind
http://www.theglobalist.com/dbweb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=180

Quick googling shows he tends to show up a lot in Conservative publications, but in places like Salon, occasionally t0o.
God knows why though.

He loves Palin. Negative on Obama/Biden

Articles at "Human Events"

http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/martin_sieff
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oldsneakers Donating Member (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:34 AM
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6. UPI is a McCain apologist service
don't confuse them with a legit news org.
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Piewhacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:36 AM
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7. Then why not write one yourself...
telling what an incredible disaster Palin was.
she doesn't answer the question or just gives beauty pagent runner up babble
she's a joke, a nightmare, she'll start another war. why not write that, its true.

you could probably do one hell of a lot better job at it than MARTIN SIEFF.
I'll bet on that.
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