Posted on 12/12/2010 5:57:01 PM PST by kristinn
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin traveled to Haiti this weekend as a guest of the Rev. Franklin Graham and Samaritan's Purse to spotlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the earthquake and cholera-stricken Caribbean (half an) island nation. Instead she has found herself embroiled in a scandal, accused of bringing a hair stylist on the trip to make herself look good for the cameras and "photo-ops.".
The Associated Press transmitted a photo from Haiti of Palin captioned, "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, center, has her hair done during a visit to a cholera treatment center set up by the NGO Samaritan's Purse in Cabaret, Haiti, Saturday Dec. 11, 2010. Palin arrived Saturday in Haiti as part of a brief humanitarian mission. Dieu Nalio Chery / AP"
That photo and caption set off rabid attacks on Palin from the Huffington Post, the U.K.'s Daily Mail and, of course, Palingates.
The photo does indeed show Sarah Palin standing with her husband Todd as a woman whose face is obscured uses two hands to fix the hair on the right side of Palin's head.
However, one can observe that the woman is white, with her brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, wearing a white shirt with a bulky scarf and dark pants.
In other photos from Saturday, Todd and Sarah Palin's white, brunette, eldest daughter Bristol, who accompanied her parents on the trip to Haiti, is wearing the exact same clothing and ponytail as the "hair stylist" in the AP photo.
That's right, what the Palin-hating AP and others fail to report is that the "hair stylist" is Bristol Palin.
The AP photographer who sent the caption would have known that it was Bristol Palin, but by not mentioning her the AP was able to do a media hit on Palin but still be able to claim they told the "truth" with the caption.
The Palins and the Grahams in Haiti ("hair stylist" Bristol second from right):
Palin "has her hair done":
Photos via Palingates
The Daily Mail titled their story based on the AP photo and caption, Ready for Her Close Up...Sarah Palin Lands in Haiti (where they don't care what her hair looks like)
The Huffington Post titled their attack on Palin, Reading the Pictures: Palin Does Haiti Cholera: How's My Hair (and did AP lend a curl?). The AP reference in the headline is based on speculation in the article about whether the AP ran "scathing photo op-defying pictures of "the Sarah show?""
The raving lunatics at Palingates titled their hit piece, BREAKING NEWS: Palin Looks Good in Haiti.
To reiterate, a daughter helps fix a loose strand of her mother's hair, and it becomes an international scandal. Amazing.
Now for the important question : did she bring a teleprompter?
The software sucks, plus most sony stuff is proprietary which is a hassle
Those two reasons are why I haven't even downloaded the movie of Jim and Sarah yet.
Takes good movies, but are difficult and time consuming to edit and use.
And yes, Pearson is an excellent photographer.
Damn media. We need a strategy to deal with them, or we are forever going to be playing catch-up.
Yep, he sure does and red is his color....:O)
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Most certainly! You're right on both counts!
If Greta is broadcasting from Haiti, I think Franklin Graham will be on with Sarah for at least part of the time to talk about the situation in Haiti and what they're trying to accomplish, but this *hairdresser-tale* will be addressed, and how!
I'm almost willing to wager that Rush gets ahold of it, too. I'm certain he checks our humble website from time to time...lol. As a matter of fact, I think I'll ping TGO, and I wonder whether anyone has sent the link to this thread to Drudge or any other worthy news outlet, like Andrew Breitbart??
Good grief, they ARE insane.
Over-the-top, licking the windows, eating the paint chips insane when it comes to Governor Palin.
What ARE they going to do if she DOES run? Bwahahahahaha!
It ain't you! This PDS insane news media are not even bothering to fact check.
Our own aphid broke the story in a post earlier this afternoon to me.
I will find her post and cut and paste it you.
I know. That’s why I like my Cannon HV40. Mini tape and can download and edit easily.
Palin Derangement Syndrome has reached new ridiculous levels!
What has happened to Amanda Carpenter? I miss seeing her on FNC... she used to be on O'Reilly, Hannity, and/or Greta quite often. I don't think I've seen her in months.
Same cables and battery too. (Heh, that is considered "obsolete" so new ones can't be found, but I have two that work)
It was user friendly, the files would go onto windows movie maker just fine and I could edit them easily
I dropped it and it doesn't focus anymore, I should get it fixed.
The photo does indeed show Sarah Palin standing with her husband Todd as a woman whose face is obscured uses two hands to fix the hair on the right side of Palin's head.
However, one can observe that the woman is white, with her brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, wearing a white shirt with a bulky scarf and dark pants.
In other photos from Saturday, Todd and Sarah Palin's white, brunette, eldest daughter Bristol, who accompanied her parents on the trip to Haiti, is wearing the exact same clothing and ponytail as the "hair stylist" in the AP photo.
That's right, what the Palin-hating AP and others fail to report is that the "hair stylist" is Bristol Palin.
Check out the photos at the top of this thread... Palin Derangement Syndrome (PDS) has reached a new even more ridiculous level!
Thanks, kristinn, for this report and thread.
Thanks for the acknowledgment of that on this thread
Kudos aphid, good catch!
The same ol’ same ol’ media is still the same ol’ same ol’ media Using a pic of Bristol where her face is hidden, and making it seem like Sarah Palin has 30 “ladies in waiting” like Queen Mushell (at millions a year, probably 3 hair people to corral the wigs, etc) instead of just a daughter puttin’ a scrunchie in her moms hair.
Man the elite media hates real people!
I wonder how many people this writer has putting on his makeup, eyebrows, dimples etc so he can type his tripe?
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