Mark Levin Demands Retraction By Politico Concerning Palin Hit Piece
Conservative talk show host Mark Levin on Thursday demanded a retraction by Politico concerning statements made in Jonathan Martin's hit piece of the former Alaska Governor entitled "Hurricane Sarah."
In a Facebook posting, Levin said Martin's claim that Palin "backed out of planned interviews with conservative talk-show hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin the morning she was scheduled to talk to them" is "a flat out lie":

This is a flat out lie. Sarah Palin never backed out of any interview with me. Period. And John Martin, the reporter, never contacted me to ask me directly. I insist on a retraction.
Here's what Martin wrote Thursday:
When Alaska's former governor released her book last fall, she repeatedly sought to move around scheduled media appearances with little notice.
According to a source familiar with the situation, she backed out of planned interviews with conservative talk-show hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin the morning she was scheduled to talk to them. And her multiple schedule changes so annoyed Glenn Beck that he finally decided not to have her on his radio or TV show to promote the book.
“These are people who support her,” said a frustrated source who knew about Palin’s treatment of the conservative talkers. “Her whole world is chaos.”
Will Martin and Politico retract?
Stay tuned.
*****Update: I just received the following via e-mail from Sean Hannity's radio producer, "Hannity joins Levin!"
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I'd like to know the name of
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:22am.
I'd like to know the name of that "source familiar with the situation."
Is that the new politically correct term for information one gets from a friend of a friend's cousin's hairdresser?
The source familiar with the situation
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:47am.
was (channelling from Ferris Bueller's day off)
someone's boyfriend's sister's brother's friend who knows this kid who knows this guy who whose girlfriend knows this kid who knows this girl who saw Sarah Palin at 31 Flavors last night....
Maybe the source was Megan
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:02pm.
Maybe the source was Megan McCain or Steve Schmidt?/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Meghan McCain....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:59pm.
After all, she "speaks as a 26 year old woman"......although having heard her speak, I doubt highly that she is, in fact, a 26 year old woman. Maybe she was thinking of her IQ?
"she speaks as a 26 IQ woman
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 1:10pm.
"she speaks as a 26 IQ woman . . ." There. I fixed it. ;-)/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
... a 26 year old woman
Submitted by lkotur on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 3:14pm.
who has her head firmly stuck up the crack of her ...
Now be nice.
No, it was Levi Johnson. He
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 4:33pm.
No, it was Levi Johnson. He knows soooo much about them he can probably "imagine" what's going on.
Sources
Submitted by Tom1969ca on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:40pm.
"A Source Familiar with The Situation" is NewsSpeak (not to be confused with newspeak) for "something I just made up because it fits my narrative. :-P
It's JournOListspeak for, "I
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 2:33pm.
It's JournOListspeak for, "I am just making *&%^ this up as I go."
I'd also like...
Submitted by retrocon on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:28am.
I'd also like to know what Hannity and Beck have to say?
A reporter for politico lied about Sarah Palin?
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:54am.
A reporter for politico lied about Sarah Palin?
wa, well, uh, color me shocked, shocked I tell you!
Martin is just another dishonest leftist scumbag.
Sorry, redundant, I know.
I avoid Politico just like I avoid other Liberal websites, ...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:54am.
like Media Matters and the Huffington Post. Why upset my day by reading negative stories these 'crazy kooks' have to say about people and ideas that I admire and agree with?
The MSM was doing this last
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:00pm.
The MSM was doing this last year too, falsely claiming Sarah Palin was going to be at some event then crying "She's Flakey!" when she didn't show. If they are doing this again maybe it's because they aren't getting any traction with their "Palin is stupid" lie. No wonder Sarah Palin calls the MSM the MBM - Make Believe Media/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
I wonder if Politico will
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:10pm.
I wonder if Politico will follow the AP handbook and just revise the story without actually calling it a correction.
That's what AP did with the Chrisine O'Donnell/church-state separation issue.
The Anchores shows how they did it. And provides other examples of their (deliberately?) shoddy practices.
You can't
Submitted by Benjamin on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 1:53pm.
slip this kind of crap past The Great One! Get em' Mark!.
p.s., anybody who doesn't follow Mark on FB really should. He's gotten really active with it lately, and he stays on top of everything.
And as we all know, anonymous
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 3:25pm.
And as we all know, anonymous sources with "dirt" on the Palins are ALWAYS truthful.
Nice work Politico.
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