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On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
>
> No it wasn't. The hoax was only that this guy Eisenstadt was the source:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/arts/television/13hoax.html>
>
> It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel
>> quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not
>> know that Africa was a continent.
>>
>> Who would say such a thing? On Monday the answer popped up on a blog and
>> popped out of the mouth of David Shuster, an MSNBC anchor. "Turns out it
>> Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, who has come forward today to
>> identify himself as the source of the leaks," Mr. Shuster said.
>>
>> Trouble is, Martin Eisenstadt doesn't exist. His blog does, but it's a
>> put-on. The think tank where he is a senior fellow -- the Harding Institute
>> for Freedom and Democracy -- is just a Web site. The TV clips of him on
>> YouTube are fakes.
>>
>
> <snip>
>
> The pranksters behind Eisenstadt acknowledge that he was not, through them,
>> the anonymous source of the Palin leak. He just claimed falsely that he was
>> the leaker -- and they say they have no reason to cast doubt on the original
>> story. For its part, Fox News Channel continues to stand behind its story.
>>
>
> <end excerpt>
>
> Michael
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