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Jules Crittenden — ... : projectile liveblogging! In other business, Malkin dispenses with more fact-challenged Palin bashing … you’d think they would have learned from the last week the inept pummeling just makes people like her more. Topics: ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... Not again: Palin "slashes" another children's program.... by increasing funding: "The Kossified media strikes again. In the wee hours of the morning yesterday, I told you about the Washington Post's false accusation that Gov. Sarah Palin "slashed" funding for a teen pregnancy program, when in reality, there was "over a threefold increase from the government funds they received from all sources in 2006. Many of you have contacted the WaPo ombudsperson about the lie. But she is apparently on vacation until next week. Keep after it - because the meme is spreading. The NYTimes ...

A small campaign miscellany
Stop The ACLU — ... said Coale, husband of FOX News’ Greta Van Susteren. Coale has given thousands of dollars in donations to Democrats over the years. … “I think John McCain is basically what Obama says he is and what Obama is not,” Coale said. “McCain brings people together, he has an incredible record of integrity.” Coale griped about sexism against Clinton, said Obama isn’t experienced enough to be president, and argued that the Democratic party has “been taken over by the moveon.org types.” Not again: Palin “slashes” another children’s program…. by increasing funding : “The Kossified media ...

The Trail of a Comment
The Buck Stops Here — ... not a 62% decrease. Writing at the Washington Monthly, Hilzoy claimed that Palin had cut special ed funding, thus contradicting Palin's claim to be an advocate of kids with special needs. In the comments, blogger Rory from Parentalcation quoted my Washington Post comment, which led Hilzoy to issue a retraction. (Matthew Yglesias and Brad DeLong repeated the false claim, but, for reasons unknown, have not issued a retraction.) Michelle Malkin reprinted my comment, as did a Daily Kos blogger. An Education Week ...

Why the Smears Won't Work
Wizbang — ... . Those circulating that one evidently were not so good at reading or at math. The document they presented as proof, actually showed an expansion of the program, but that did not keep the accusation from being reported by the Washington Post and the New York Times. Yet another accusation was that Palin cut funding for special needs children . Not true, and easily debunked in a matter of minutes with a Google search, yet it also was widely reported as fact and was even cited by Soledad O'Brien on CNN. Some of the rumors mentioned above were repeated on television and on the ...