Today, I heard ABC News fact check Sarah Palin’s bus tour. I’m really not surprised, but they are getting more inventive. Since the fact-checking of her book (which has been subsequently counter fact-checked with real facts) was a big flop, they are desperate to inform us that while ordinary Americans wait out in the cold, Palin has been flying the distance between far away cities “in style” (they used that exact phrase).
Yes, I’m sure Sarah Palin has to fly to make it to different appearances. Those planes cost money, paid for by the publisher. That publisher and that charter service are extremely grateful to her as well, for giving them business in a down economy. Sarah Palin has created more jobs that President Jackass this year.
Since ABC has finally run out of news, here’s some more fact-checking ideas.