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Carl, Bill and the Trashing of Palin

It’s never a good thing when those charged with conveying the news becomes the news. Unfortunately, Fox News reporter Carl Cameron has again achieved that distinction. O’Reilly has been tap dancing as fast as he can to escape the spattering fallout from Cameron’s recent sliming of Sarah. He’s claimed that it was news because he trusted Cameron “to bring him news- not irresponsible hearsay”. What about it Carl? Can you verify sources in stories that can potentially end a career? Bill you did not need to report unsubstantiated stories without attribution. You say you HAD to report the news- but if we’d heard this news from a legitimate source, we’d have also heard, AT THE SAME TIME, the response of the subject or at least that considerable efforts had been made to reach them for comment. We didn’t hear that as part of Carl’s story. The choice to air the story without it was Bill’s. The spin may stop there but apparently the buck doesn’t. But keep, dancing buddy. Another noteworthy element was Carl Cameron’s demeanor when giving that initial report. His lipsmacking glee was unseemly. Even when O’Reilly tried to talk over him, Cameron fought back hard to make sure every juicy tidbit was heard. He reminded one of a beauty parlor busybody- oh so anxious to share the latest morsel of hot gossip. Remember that in the Primary, FOX was frequently under fire because of Cameron’s obvious efforts to support his admitted buddy, Huckabee and his equally obvious efforts to report anything negative on Romney and anybody else who stood between Huck and the WhiteHouse. Carl- just report the NEWS, please.