Saturday, September 4, 2010

Vanity Fair Reporter Admits Error In Sarah Palin Hit Piece

Newsbusters "Reporter Michael Joseph Gross describes Palin's youngest son, Trig, being pushed in a stroller by his older sister, Piper, before a rally in May in the Kansas City suburb of Independence.
"When the girl, Piper Palin, turns around, she sees her parents thronged by admirers, and the crowd rolling toward her and the baby, her brother Trig, born with Down syndrome in 2008," according to the article. "Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, bend down and give a moment to the children; a woman, perhaps a nanny, whisks the boy away; and Todd hands Sarah her speech and walks her to the stage."
"Later in his piece, Gross described Piper joining Sarah on stage to "allow Palin to make a public display of maternal affection."
"Unfortunately, as Politico's Ben Smith reported [2] Thursday, that was a different Down syndrome baby: "Trig wasn't at the event, according to its organizer, Karladine Graves, a 61-year-old Kansas City physician, who, in 2009, founded one of the wave of new local conservative groups, this one called Preserving American Liberty. The "woman, perhaps a nanny," was the boy's mother, St. Louis talk radio host Gina Loudon, according to Graves."
"But it gets worse according to the AP:"...

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