Bad enough: Us Magazine runs with a satirical blog post claiming Sarah Palin demanded Christina Aguilera’s deportation:
In the comments — which were crafted by an Onion-like satirical Web site — Palin, in a radio interview with Sean Hannity, supposedly called Aguilera a “demanding beauty queen who’s clearly in over her head” and suggested she be deported because “spicy Latin princesses” shouldn’t be allowed to sing at the Super Bowl.
“Unemployment is at nine percent, yet we have to suffer through a performance by a foreigner with a poor grasp of the English language,” continues the satire. “If I were president, I’d deport Ms. Aguilera back to wherever it is she’s from and give Amy Smart a call.”
Worserer: Time runs with the claim; John Hinderaker:
Astonishingly, Time made the same error:
Was Christina Aguilera’s Star-Spangled Banner slip-up enough to provoke war? Conan apparently thinks so.
And you thought Sarah Palin went overboard by commenting that she wanted to deport the singer?
Governor Palin responded by whacking Time with a two-by-four.
Which see.
That SuperTuesdayNews.com site could be my most favorite new thing since discovering my penis last week. Headlines like:
“Bachmann gets defensive after farting in elevator”
“Olbermann’s new show to be nightly explanation of what Current TV is”
Those alone enchirpen my soul.
Sounds as if the gate-keepers could use some fact-checkers.
Time can see Russia from its offices.
Seriously, while it’s somewhat amusing to see how comfortable the MSM is with its prejudices, this Emmanuel Goldstein crap is tiresome. Of course they believed this bit was true. As our pal Mrs. Teasdale has proven repeatedly, the entire purpose of FACTCHECKING® is to buttress whatever tendentious narrative the Left happens to be pushing at any given time.
It’s axiomatic that the Sarah Palin is a stupid, racist hick, because that’s what they believe at Time and you can’t tell them otherwise.
They still publish Time? Who knew?
Because it mostly confirms their prejudices liberals haven’t noticed how bad the MSM has become at simple reporting. Or maybe it was always this way?
On Saturday I heard the following intro on NPR’s weekend addition:
It can sound like something out of The Jetsons when President Obama talks about high-speed rail, futuristic airports and nationwide, broadband Internet.
A reference to a 50-year-old television show to illustrate the forward-thinking of Obama about 20th century technologies like high speed rail, cell phones, and airports?
The main story was about bringing back street cars.
Look for a “stimulus” infusion into the buggy-whip industry next.
You’ve got to admit, though, that with what most celebrities do to the national anthem, they should be deported to Kenya.
Nothing against the Kenyans, of course. OK, Somalia.
Really? Did Time actually think Conan believed it was a declaration of war too? Time’s link to a comedy piece in the comedy section of a website isn’t evidence of much, except that maybe they were having a little fun.
Last week I pointed out to a friend that the Palin “satire” didn’t even sound like something she would say. It’s tough to believe anyone would have for a moment bought this as a real story.
I’m am disappointed that a stalwart bastion of legitimate journalism like US Weekly got this wrong.
“Olbermann’s new show to be nightly explanation of what Current TV is”
That is funny.