Is a major US news publication sitting on an "unsavory" investigative report about Sarah Palin?

[PeaceNikki]

Must read:

http://cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/10/is-major-us-news-publication-sitting-on.html

Last week it came to my attention, through a source that I trust immensely, that there was a publication out there that had in its hands an investigative report compiled by members of its staff which contained some rather unsettling information about the Republican VP nominee, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. I was told that the story was airtight and ready to print, but that some members of the publication's editorial board were troubled by what they deemed to be "unsavory" aspects of the report, and that they didn't want their publication's good name besmirched for dropping such an "unsavory" report on the American people just a week prior to an election. At the time, I withheld the specifics of what I knew about the publication in question, as well as what I was told were the specifics of the details contained within the report itself, content as I was to wait it out and hope that the editorial board of the publication would do what I personally hoped that they would do...run the story themselves, or at the very least allow the staff reporters who'd compiled the report to outsource it to another publication.

Now here it is almost a week later, mere days before one of the more monumental elections in our nation's history, and the report has yet to emerge. In the meantime, I've received tips from other sources that seem to corroborate the very things that my original source told me. In addition, I've attempted to contact the publication in question for verification of the report's mere existence and have yet to have an email or phone call returned. I have also spoken to reporters who have told me that they too had yet to receive even a verification or denial of the report's existence. One mentioned to me in an email that they were flat out "stonewalling."

So now I lay in bed on the Thursday morning prior to the election and I can't seem to get a wink of sleep because this is bothering me just too damn much. I think it's time that I put some of what I've been told out there, if only out of faint hope that some outside pressure exerted by the angry citizen mob known as the Internet will help to push the report into the light of day. With that all said, here it goes...

The publication in question is the Anchorage Daily News. Now, before I go any further I want to state that I believe that the Anchorage Daily News should win awards for the coverage that they've provided in this campaign. Since John McCain chose Sarah Palin to be his running mate, the paper has become a daily read for me and countless others. They have been probing, courageous, and, above all, abundantly informative.


More at link.

Call or email to let them know that if they are holding cards in their hand, it's time to lay them all on the table...

Anchorage Daily News
907.257.4300
[email protected]

[seabeyond]

1. whisper.... shhhhhhh, what you know. n/.t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. you mean who built her house on the lake?

[BeFree]

5. Or

Who's baby is that? Her's or her daughter's?

I vote for the house.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. I think people would worry more about who built her house

especially since Sen Stevens has been convicted.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. For future reference, the 4 paragraph limit doesn't mean the first four

You could have included the more sensational aspects of the blog entry in the OP.

That said, I am not inclined to email a newspaper to demand release of something I have no compelling reason to believe exists.

[PeaceNikki]

4. Noted.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. OK, so the story seems to be that Palin faked her pregnancy

and presumably Twig is not hers.

So what gives? Is Bristol fairly far along in pregnancy or not? If she is, then I gather Twig can't be hers. If she's early in a second pregnancy, then Twig might be hers from an earlier pregnancy, I suppose.

Again, what gives? Anybody got any clues?

[PeaceNikki]

7. Well, if it's about that, I kinda hope they wait to print.

If it has potential to create sympathy and turn her into a "victim", they shouldn't print it.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Yeah, I tend to agree.

But my Inquiring Mind (tm) is all fired up now.

[Doctor_J]

8. NYT spiked a story in 2004 to help get Smirk back in the WH

so an encore wouldn't be a stretch

[blm]

27. NYT spiked TWO big stories - one on Bush being wired for debate, and the domestic spying

being done illegally by Bush WH.

[dgibby]

10. Any chance this is a new, unreported story that hasn't

been discussed on DU?

[Jackpine Radical]

12. It ma be nothing. ADN is now denying there is a story.

I gather from one of the comments appended to the story that some people think it has to do with her faking pregnancy with Twig; you know, that old saw.

[qanda]

11. I don't know how this would help Obama win

It would just serve to make Palin into a sympathetic figure. Enough people hate her already that we don't need this so close to the election. It does make one wonder if that's why she won't release her medical records but I prefer that being discussed after the election is over.

[Hokie]

13. Fits with her refusal to release the medical records

They should should run the story if they have proof.

[dgibby]

15. I think this is a no win situation.

If there is a story and if that story involves Trig, it's a no win. Personally, I think the story about him being Sarah's stinks like 3 day old dead fish, and I base that on my experiences as an RN who worked a lot of OB.

The problem is that, if she did lie, then she's going to be seen as a mother who was just trying to protect her child from being smeared. That will only endear her to the base and lots of parents. The fact that she lied will be forgiven because of the motive for the lie.

If the story does come out, the opposition will blame it on Obama, just like they did about Joe, the plumber, even though Obama said nothing about Joe.

Would I like to see her caught in the web of lies/half truths she's spun? You betcha! Would I like to see Obama suffer the blow back sure to follow? No way.

[PeaceNikki]

16. Yeah, I agree with you.

[roguevalley]

17. they are a good paper. bookmark it if you wanna track palin. they

have taken her on from the get go and they will get this out I am sure.

[crazy_vanilla]

18. i want to know what this "holier than thou" shrew is hiding

She is all for openness and morals - in words. Let's see what she is hiding in the closet.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. I'll e-mail a brief note to the newspaper

Above all, I'll ask them to remind the public that Palin has not provided her medical records, which she promised to do. I can't understand why the media is giving her such a big pass on this. If they are sitting on a story and it hurts Palin or not, I feel that the publication of the truth is always the best policy. The public I feel has a right to know as much as possible about the person on the ballot, one way or the other. I wish every candidate to high public office were required by law to reveal everything about their past mental and physical health records.

[WeDidIt]

20. IF They've Got the goods on this unsavory story

it'll come out after the election.

And it's fraud on a whole new level, if true.

[juno jones]

21. It should probably sit until after the election

Maybe they can use it in Alaska. They're going to need some ammo when she comes back.

[Connonym]

22. I'll be happy to wait until after the election no matter what it is

I believe Obama will win without this information but it would be excellent to have more shit about her after the election so we can thwart any idea she has of running in 2012. Hopefully there will be enough shit that we will never have to hear here name or awful voice ever again once they're done with her.

[glitch]

23. The Trig parentage isn't "unsavory" it has got to be something else, if it's anything. nt

[KayLaw]

24. Maybe the affair?

Alleged affair with her husband's partner?

[glitch]

25. That seems more likely. nt

[Hokie]

28. Faking a pregnancy isn't unsavory?

If not it is deceitful, kooky, sick, weird, pathetic, and stupid. I could add more.

[glitch]

29. I think of unsavory as sordid, corrupt, rancid, no redeeming value. Faking a pregnancy is creepy but

there are people who would buy into the rationale of her doing it to protect her daughter.
I don't, because I think honesty is far more healthy for all concerned.

But the baby lie could possibly have some redeeming value if it's based on misguided altruism, which takes it slightly out of the unsavory category. IMO.

[rvablue]

26. I call BS on this

and I speak from some very relevant professional/personal experience.

A reputable newspaper such as the Anchorage Daily Press does not let the editorial board in on any kind of decisions or vetting of the news division. They just do not. They are completely separated entities inside a newsapaper.It is journalistic ethics 101.

Now, had this been written by someone unfamiliar with the workings of a newspaper and simply used the wrong verbiage (which doesn't seem to be the case with this blogger) or if the term "editorial board" had been used once maybe by accident (he uses it twice, so it's no mistake) then I might be able to go with the gist of the rumor.......