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CBS Host Admits Levi Johnston Apology 'Highly Under-Reported' [Gee, ya think...?]
NewsBusters ^ | 07/09/10 | Kyle Drennen

Posted on 07/09/2010 9:13:30 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

On Friday's CBS Early Show, fill-in co-host Erica Hill confessed Levi Johnston's apology for making false statements about the Palin family was "highly under-reported." During the 'Early Wrap' segment, Hill told a panel of media pundits: "My favorite story of the week, which was highly under-reported...is that Levi Johnston came out and said....Some things he said about the Palin family were not true."

It's interesting that Hill used the phrase "under-reported," when CBS did not cover Johnston's admission at all since he made the statement in a Tuesday interview with People Magazine. Meanwhile, the network, and the Early Show in particular, heavily promoted Johnston's claims about the Palins last year.

In response to Hill, panelist Joe Levy, editor-in-chief of Maxim Magazine, dismissed the revelation: "Wow. So, a teenager who breaks up with his girlfriend says untrue things about her and her family? That is a shocker. I don't think that's ever happened before." Fellow panelist, Daily Show correspondent Olivia Munn, chimed in: "I think he needs to apologize for his Playgirl spread first and then go to the Palins....Because America is hurt, first and foremost, and then some people in Alaska."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010electionbias; drivebymedia; fakebutaccurate; getpalin; levijohnston; libel; liberalmediabias; palin; palinbashing; pds; pravdamedia; sarahpalin; seebs

1 posted on 07/09/2010 9:13:32 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; onyx; Clyde5445

Ping!


2 posted on 07/09/2010 9:14:08 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; ...
Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans

The media ALWAYS buries their retractions.

3 posted on 07/09/2010 9:16:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
That would make the media reports of the falsehoods LIBELOUS.

Since the media doesn't want to run a retraction, Sarah Palin should sue their pants off.

4 posted on 07/09/2010 9:17:54 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Levi Johnston is scum, and the media adopted him.

That should tell you something about the media.


5 posted on 07/09/2010 9:39:24 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Speaking of "unreported" ... have you tried to "search" CNN's site for the DOJ scandal? I tried it ... nothing there. Good old Controlled News Network is still taking orders from Obama and Holder I guess. (CNN - Controlled News Network - The Patriot's Flag) Maybe they've "fixed" it since, but I time/date stamped the post.
6 posted on 07/09/2010 10:14:15 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (http://www.thepatriotsflag.com - The Patriot's Flag)
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To: All

Whenever the truth comes out, everyone is covered in $#!T, except the Palin family.


7 posted on 07/09/2010 2:29:36 PM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield (David Horowitz: "The War on Sarah Palin Really is a War on Conservatives.")
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