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Posted by: Laer at 11:47 am

CNN Busted Laying Palin Traps

Drew Griffin at CNN used a nasty, childish trick to catch a VP candidate (Sarah Palin, natch) off guard in his interview of her last night, so she’d look unprofessional. So who’s really unprofessional?

In the interview, Griffin has his guns blasting:

DREW GRIFFIN: Governor, you have been mocked in the press. The press has been pretty hard on you. The Democrats have been pretty hard on you, but also some conservatives have been pretty hard on you as well. The National Review had a story saying that, you know, ‘I can’t tell if Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, or all of the above.’

PALIN: Who wrote that one?

GRIFFIN: That — that was in the National Review. I don’t have the author.

PALIN: Who wrote it? I would like to talk to that person.

GRIFFIN: But they were talking about the fact that your experience as governor is not getting out. Do you feel trapped in this campaign, that your message is not getting out, and, if so, who do you blame?

That gave CNN the opportunity to promote the segment, including Palin’s reaction - she leans in and asks who wrote the piece - as a lead-in to a story about how the GOP’s turning against Palin.

Trouble is, the author of the piece, Byron York, isn’t turning against Palin; he’s railing against exactly this kind of crazed, unethical, pro-Obama media coverage. Here’s what he actually wrote at NRO:

“Watching press coverage of the Republican candidate for vice president, it’s sometimes hard to decide whether Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, backward or - well, all of the above.”

Talk about being mocked by the press. Talk about the press being hard on you. For more on this story, including clips, see NewsBusters.

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