Hume Credits NewsBusters for Exposing Fake Trig Palin eBay Listing

Photo of Noel Sheppard.

On Tuesday's "Special Report," Fox News's Brit Hume credited NewsBusters for exposing a fake eBay listing auctioning off Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's baby Trig.

As my colleague Warner Todd Huston wrote earlier that morning:

Apparently, a poster at the radical nutroot site, DemocraticUnderground, created a fake listing for someone pretending to sell baby Trig on ebay. The faux listing read "Baby used prop newborn boy 3-6 months special needs," and included a description that called Governor Palin a "pushy social climber, unwilling to let pregnancy and children stand in the way of ambition."

Later that evening, Hume reported (h/t American Thinker's Marc Sheppard):

BRIT HUME, HOST: And now the most interesting two minutes in television, the latest from the "Political Grapevine. [...]

Meanwhile, someone posting at the liberal site "Democratic Underground" created a fake E-Bay page claiming to sell Governor Palin's youngest child Trigg.

The media watchdog site "Newsbusters.org," a conservative site, reports it read "baby--used prop; newborn boy, 3-6 months, special needs used." The bogus page included a picture of Palin holding Trigg during the Republican National Convention. The starting bid was $40, and the page listed Trigg Palin's father as unknown.

It also included a description that called Governor Palin a "Pushy social climber unwilling to let pregnancy and children stand in the way of ambition." The fake auction posting is no longer on that site.

Thanks, Brit, and congratulations, Warner.


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I'll miss getting my, near,

I'll miss getting my, near, daily dose of Brit when he leaves Special Report.  In my mind, there's nobody else out there like him.

Who's gonna keep Juan in check once he leaves the show?

Congratulations again. How

Congratulations again. How many times has NB been cited as a source in the last couple of weeks?

On another note, I turned by TCM last night and caught a few minutes of The Farmers Daughter, starring Loretta Young. In it, an unnamed political party recruits a down to earth, everyday woman as their candidate for Congress, after she points out the corruption of their candidate at a party meeting (boy, were movies refreshingly innocent back then). Later, in the movie, the opposition is trying to dig up dirt on her anyway they can. I believe this movie was made in 1946 - sound kind of familiar?

McNotObama '08

Chris

Chris,

Well, last Tuesday morning, the NB crew bumped into Brit in the lobby of St. Paul's Crowne Plaza. He was buying something from one of the lobby vendors as we entered the hotel. I walked right up to him, introduced myself and the others with me (Matt, Ken, Jacob), and he mentioned that he reads us every day as does his staff which he claimed uses us as a resource all the time.

Maybe now that he knows us, we'll get more such attributions. :-)  ns

I'm getting tired of this

I'm getting tired of this Noel:(!
these guys never thank "Truthmonger, genious behind all of the Newsbusters commentary..."
what up wit dat

TM

Maybe if you change your tag line to, "Truthmonger, genius behind all of the Newsbusters commentary...", that would help.

;-)

hey mister funny

hey mister funny man
einstien couldn't spell either >:( !

Sorry, TM. I couldn't

Sorry, TM. I couldn't resist. :-)

Please understand that I was only teasing.

all is well, my mass comrade

all is well, my mass comrade - no worries - ya know we at NB excercise great care with any mass conservatives around here - and other critically endangered species
so please understand i was only joking back
and i obviously should not try to do comedy for a living

Very good. :-) I appreciate

Very good. :-)

I appreciate that. However, I don't think we've reached the critical stage quite yet. We tend to adapt to our surroundings with survival of the species in mind. I am, after all, at least 4th generation yankee (and not the pin-striped variety) conservative. ;-)

lovely stay sharp:)

lovely
stay sharp:)

Brit is the best!

Back when FNC was in its infancy, Brit was the reason that my family began watching the new network. We were familiar with his work at ABC News, and were big fans.

Brit has always been a calm, understated, and reasoned voice amid the shrill, illogical cacophany emanating from too many others in the media. I can't imagine Fox News without him.

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

I record Special Report

I record Special Report just to watch "The political Grapevine."  Two of the best minutes on television news.

Brett Bair does okay, but things are spicier when Hume is around.

BD... Ditto

BD...

Ditto that.

 isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

The Grapevine

Indeed.  "The Grapevine" rules.   

Whoever casts a vote for Obama-Biden is nothing more than a common thief.  Whoever fails to vote against them is nothing more than a moral coward.

Grapevine available online

You can find the video clips on FoxNews.com every night.  Click "Video" on the toolbar across the top, then click "Opinion" in the sidebar, then click "Brit Hume", and voila!, several days of Grapevine.

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

Hey

Hey viking..thanks!

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Thanks for the tip, nkv

I'm heading there right now!

He's one of the last of the

He's one of the last of the old media professionals. Gonna miss him a lot, too.

The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?

Nice work!

Congratulations, Warner!

It's always nice to see the fine work of the Newsbusters staff get some well-deserved credit!

 Rusty

If I was back on the radio

I would site Newsbusters or other sites of the kind in these stories to say to the other stations, "we're different."  Sure we can use AP, but this Internet thing, you oughta give it a run.  Just watch where you surf.

 

And Brit Hume leaving Fox, well I would some other TV comparison, but I won't.

Congratulations, NB staff!

and just this afternoon, Howie Carr mentioned on his Boston radio show that he can't stand to watch the msm so instead goes to Newsbusters.org EVERY MORNING to view the clips - that way he saves himself the trauma of sitting through all the yuk! 

So...another big THANK YOU to all of you - you are #1

Brit Favre

Here's hoping that Brit pulls a Brett Favre and changes his mind about leaving. 

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will