Andrew Sullivan: Matt Lauer Is “Pathetic”

November 11, 2008 by John H. Taylor | Filed Under Hackosphere, News media, Sarah Palin 

Another false statement from Andrew Sullivan, who refuses to admit he erred by republishing a blatant lie about Trig Palin’s parentage before checking the facts:

There was no actual refutation of the rumor from the McCain-Palin campaign until the same Michael Goldfarb told Howie Kurtz of the Washington Post the following on September 25, weeks, not days, after the questions first came up…

Completely, flatly, absurdly untrue. New York Post, Sept. 1:

McCain campaign officials said Bristol’s pregnancy was made public in order to counter what one aide called “mudslinging” that has circulated on blogs like Daily Kos.

According to postings on Daily Kos, Sarah Palin allegedly faked a pregnancy and pretended to give birth in April to Trig, who has Down syndrome.

The McCain campaign said Bristol Palin is five months pregnant and that Trig was born on April 18, making the rumor’s timing impossible.

End of story. All that needed to be said to a reasonable person. Only Sullivan needs more, to absolve himself for keeping the lie alive all these weeks. But he’ll never get it. There will never be any excuse for what he did.

As for those who refuse to join his one-man crusade, such as Matt Lauer in this morning’s NBC interview, they get insults and taunts:

When the reporters ask her questions in Florida, will any of them have the balls to ask her for [hospital] records? Or are they going to be as pathetic as Lauer?

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