‘US Weekly’ Publishes Fake Hannity/Palin Story…as Real!
- Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:47pm by
Mike Opelka
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Hot on the heels of Rachel Maddow getting duped by a satirical website post about Sarah Palin, comes US Weekly taking similar comedic bait.
The now scrubbed item was precipitated by a satirical website called SuperTuesdayNews.com. The first clue that SuperTuesdayNews is not a serious outlet might be seen in their masthead photo.
It is plausible that one could miss the Sponge Bob costume in the photo, but the content on the web page is questionable and any serious journalist might know that simply by clicking on the “about us” tab and reading;
Super Tuesday News is a satirical news site launched in January 2011 to lampoon the events, circumstances and players of the 2012 United States Presidential election. We are based in Los Angeles, California.
US Weekly missed it. They slammed both Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity by published excerpts from a non-existent interview:
Potential 2012 presidential candidate Sarah Palin says that if she were president, she would deport pop star Christina Aguilera for botching a portion of The Star-Spangled Banner during her performance at Super Bowl XLV. Making an appearance on Sean Hannity’s radio program on Monday, Palin pointedly criticized Aguilera’s gaffe, and called her out for exhibiting ’diva behavior.’
“Quite frankly, Sean, public figures must be held accountable for what they say,” explained Palin. “Here’s another case of an airhead diva going on TV, running her mouth off, sounding like a fool. She doesn’t understand something so basic about America, yet we’re supposed to tolerate her diva behavior? Americans can see through that, Sean.”
A formal tip of the hat to the folks at Gossip Cop for catching this one. All that remains now is for US Weekly to blame this on Glenn Beck.
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Comments (178)
HTuttle
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:44pmWho’s the dumb one again?
Report Post »TJexcite
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:42pmAlways wonder what it would be like if the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda was at full operation. Well now we have it.
Back then they did not need the satire source for information they just made it up and eventually they will not need it either and just make it up too.
Report Post »ExpertShot
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 8:10amSpeaking of that…has anyone heard anything lately about what happened to “Baghdad Bob”? He was very amusing….kind of like the propagandists we have in the Lame Stream Media.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:32pmCommunists, socialist, and marxists do one thing very well. They lie.
Report Post »LibsRstupid
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:22pmAdd your comments
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:21pmLiberals sure give us a lot to laugh about. They rank right up there with nation enquirer
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:47amEven Nation Enquirer has more credibility.
Report Post »woodyl1011fl
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:17pmUS Weekly is actually named dumb & stupid just like all liberals their real boss is “Screwtape” their so ignorant they probably don’t know who “Screwtape” is!
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:15pmDon’t worry, the media still thinks they’re the smartest people in room. :)
Report Post »egosumverum
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:08pmWhat the hell is US Weekly, anyway?
Report Post »BUCKEYE_PATRIOT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:54pmA rag mag that punked itself!
Report Post »simple thought
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:06pmcome on, at least they had a sorce….be it saterial,,,, too funny
Report Post »creativeryder
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:05pmAll you have to do is scan the daily “stupid is, stupid does” stories in the news to find who the democrat voters are…
Report Post »Gerrymanderer
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:17pmWhy can’t Palin just go away? She is a celebrity not a politician. True GOPers need to see this. She ain’t no Gipper. She ain’t no conservative. She’s a snake oil saleswoman banking on the media and television shows. Anyone who doesn’t finish her job as an elected official (ie Governor) should not be considered worthy of any other office. Coward and charlatan. Pig wears lipstick.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:46amGerrymander you wouldn‘t make a pimple on Sarah Palin’s butt.
Report Post »Outland9
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:03pmAnd are we to expect a full and unequivitable retraction or a small print apology at the bottom of the classified add in the back? The damage is already done, this wasn’t by accident – this was intentional – anything to smear, hurt or slander the conservative movement.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:02pmOnly by the Grace of God has AMERICA made it this far. Because if the liberals were in charge we would have failed long ago.
Report Post »blazebird
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:59pmWho cares about the U.S. Weekly I‘m just glad Dennis Miller told Bill O’reilly the truth about his lame interview.
Report Post »blanco
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:03pmI saw that too!!! Someone FINALLY told him the truth!!!!
Report Post »spursbox
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:58pmI know it’s only US Weakly but this is typical of modern American journalism. If it fits your template, run with it. No need to verify facts or sources.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:58pmUS Weakly, just another liberal echo chamber…. Like all the rest of the pinko, filth, publications.
Report Post »dwntwnbrowne
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:57pmIt’s incredible how journalist do not seem to do any sort of research or verification before publishing articles.
Report Post »SnowballDidIt
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 7:32pmJournalism school has been reduced to “Cut and Paste”
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:57pmNo fool like an old fool! Try something new Liberals!!!
Report Post »*************
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:57pmThis has to be true! Because here is why; “Here’s another case of an airhead diva going on TV, running her mouth off, sounding like a fool.”
Palin is talking about herself and she is spot on with this comment about herself. Never were truer words spoken about Palin.
decendentof56
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:11pmHater!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:12pmtoo many drinks ????
Report Post »it’s obvious .
SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:17pmsnakeoilssucks?
Listen up lady, don’t be jealous that Palin has a nicer body, more brains, and has a better looking husband than you. Hit the pilates, stop eatin the bonbons and eventually you will find a good man that will make sweet love to you nightly!
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:18pmnow you can switch screennames and come back with whatever dignity you have left from living with your parents until you’re 36.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:31pmI was waiting to see if any trolls would try to take this on. What a lame attempt, yet snakesucks tries to get folks to believe these were actually Sarah’s words, even though we all know they were not. Not sure if that’s brass or pure stupidity.
Report Post »chfields62
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:41amThe avatar says it all….Put down the crack pipe, Palin is a thousand times the person you will ever be….More living proof that libetards shouldn’t breed……
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:42amBrick – dumber than a.
Report Post »bddgirl324
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:56pmYeah, one of my FB “Friends” who is a lib, posted this on their page yesterday and everyone was dogging it as being “real” and I pointed out it was fake and they all quickly tried to make me look like the “dumb” one. Typical!
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:05pmThats so typical. They will figure it out eventually.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:06pmof course they may be wearing burqas and hijabs by then but hey, thats their journey.
Report Post »Luckywon
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:27pmGet em back and post a link to This story on their FB page.
Report Post »TexOkie
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:56pmFrom the perspective of the left, it really does not matter if the story is truth or fiction so long as the damage is done and the lemmings know no better.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:11pmTrue
Report Post »ontherocks
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:56pmI suspect they will blame it on Global Warming first, then Glenn Beck.
Report Post »Nov_2nd
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:01pmgeorge bush first
Report Post »spirited
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:22pmor, the darn Internet!
Report Post »Buckaroo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:53pmheh — as Sean himself says “journalism died in this country in 2008”
Report Post »:-)
WhiteTeaParty
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:01pmNobody at Fox even knows the meaning of Journalism, especially Hannity.
Report Post »Commonsense Libertarian
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:54pm@WTP
Who does in your opinion? I’m always looking for a different perspective.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:40amWhiteteaparty are you still here? I thought the Huff Puff sent someone to retrieve their idiot.
Report Post »ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:02pmWTP. You are replying to an article showing the left’s blatent disregard for the truth and you attack fox. I feel sorry for you.
Report Post »SnowballDidIt
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 7:30pmWe know there is a difference between a journalist and a talkshow host, right?
Report Post »blanco
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:52pmAnd the retraction will be buried in the back somewhere!!!!
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:13amRetraction? Probably the opposite, another lie in the back printing room as we wait.
True evil has no conscious. Remember, we’re the evil, we stopped the spread of real evil of Saddam, where he needed to be stopped. We opened the G prison in Cuba, where it belongs to this day, we’re the evil ….. etc. etc etc. Now that ‘evil’ is in control, it’s naturally on high ego trip. Take a look
Report Post »at the undocumenteds’ first year …. just blatant, full ego busting blatant actions of all sorts.
9thCommandment
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:51pmUS WEAKly, just be grateful they spelled her name right.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:06pm.
Report Post »They not that smart “Spell Check”…………….
bikerr
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:50pmNo shock here they are idiots over there at U.S. weekly
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 8:58pmMaybe Al Gore could buy this and hire Chris Mathews to run it, I bet he could bring creditablity to the Rag, er, Mag.
P C BE DAMNED
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:02pmI choose what I want to believe for a life time. Since people want to play games and call themselves news broadcasters I am glad I have been this way. Truth can be found but you have to seek it as if it were great treasure. And there is one who said “I am truth” I believed that. I have been called many ugly names for being ahead of most by at least ten years. Now that it is clear I was right all along my phone should be ringing off the hook with appologies………crickets chirping
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:04pmThe sorry state of journalism reveals its ugly head yet again. FACT CHECK A-HOLES! Don’t you understand what that means. Doe’s it mean anything to these “news” outlets that they need facts to report a credible story? i love it though. This is the free market at work and all crappy products get swept into the bargain bin. Nice job US weekly. you’re doing an awesome job!
Report Post »joe3
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:04pmTake em to court, US Weakly will be Palin/Hannity libs suck Weakley. Time to play like Levin, and own these chumps.
Report Post »fivebyfive
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:06pmWhat do you EXPECT for a DOLLAR?$
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:06pmwow how far will they go ?
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:10pmIs US weekly a newspaper? You know, they dont care, Just lie, lie and when the truth comes out whisper it.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:14pmrevelation- does it surprise anyone that lefties can be duped so easily? Hasn’t it been going on since about 1913? Any one who would follow these news outlets probably just found out that michael moore gave birth to an alien baby from the Enquirer. Find some real facts ding dongs.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:18pmAll of these liberal publications don’t even bother to verify anything anymore. That’s why we call them rags. They are all so eager to slam Sarah Palin that they will go to any lengths to “create” a story about her.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Muslim Brotherhood video
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:19pmSounds like they fact checked this like they fact checked the Muslim Brotherhood.
Report Post »FoundersRedPill
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:21pmWho knew there was US weekly news, LOL.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:21pmThe Left-wing world view is based on lies and wishful thinking.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:42pmMost of the MSM news is fictional.
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:11pmthe left certainly seems to be very afraid of sarah palin. they will say that the fear lies in the type of person she is not the real reason which is that to some deeply buried part of their psyche, sarah evokes a realization within them that integrity, peace through strength, and most conservative values are what work in life. Their (leftists) mindset is like a collection of bad habits that they feel the need to constantly defend in order to distract their conscience away from the truth of this disfunction.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:34pmAll of the once great magazines have become the promoters of liberal trash. The amount of research they put into their content is equal to that of the MSNBC news staff. Even the National Geographic has gone liberal with their “In Depth” stories on global warming or climate change. I have taken to reading comic books. At least those heroes are still fighting FOR America!
Report Post »Abby Normal
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:48pmEditors, who needs editors? They just wrtie whatever they want to I guess, I’ve never seen such high standards and fact checking LOL! Where do they get their ‘journalists’? College of Pheonix? Matchbook education applicants?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:43pmC’mon, they’re progressives! It‘s already been proven on here that they don’t check facts before reporting them, when reporting about conservatives. If I did my job that badly, I would be out of a job. I guess they have a more lenient policy about lying, slander, and libel.
Report Post »Now, if it were a story about the man-child……………….
I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:56pmWhat?!?! A liberal rag lies? No way!! Say it ain’t so…
Report Post »Jayk Signal
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:23amNot just wrong. But unethical too.
Why did US Weekly think they could just steal news (real or otherwise) from another site without any attribution or content sharing arrangement?
Friggin’ thieves.
Report Post »One1
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:24amThey are hell bent on making their templet true. That they will believe lies. Same thing Dan Rather did with the fake documents.
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:01amCome on…….ivestigative editing………. your so silly
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 6:53amI guess they don’t teach the skill of “verify” in journalism school anymore – just grab the tabloid story and report it as fact. That’s two, can we see three dopes out there?
Report Post »UWSDWF
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 7:19amJust love the BLAZE. Finally HONESTY, TRUTH and VALUES are prevailing.
Report Post »Could you imagine if the tables where turned, how would the left’s be acting about this story.?
They lie to get power! …..Hummmm……..remove the lies, remove their power.
Thanks BLAZE
Cemoto78
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 7:53amThe so-called media just doesn’t vet stories anymore they just run with them, especially when it comes to Palin and it’s a story that makes her look bad. The biggest problem is after the wrong story is out there it never seems to go away or is retracted and the liberals all believe it no matter what.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 8:09amRather Libelous, don’tcha think? Hmmm … always a good way to shut down the liberal Marxist’s … SUE ‘EM!!!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 8:09amLets really P-ss off the Socialist media in 2012!!!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 8:20amAnother fine case study of the Palin Derangement Syndrome.
Note to U.S. Weekly – Just in case you didn’t notice, you were had.
I love it.
Report Post »NapoHill15
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 8:36amAbby Normal . . . The “college of Phoenix?” Don’t take this wrong way, but that doesn’t really have to do with anything.
Your comment makes it sound like a traditional brick-and-mortar school turns students into real journalists. Journalism, as any other discipline being taught in most universities, has been undermined for a long, long time by liberal steering and shaping. These are creative writers that aren’t so creative. As a result, they’re also dishonest among many other things, to say the least. They simply do not have an outlet other than journalism to move their writing ambitions forward. In a sense, they’re ideological whores lured into a sham industry by illusions of misguided importance.
The kids, the adults and the military personnel that attend the college of Phoenix, they probably get a better education studying on their own than if they had a liberal journalism “professor” pontificating in front of them. That’s pretty clear . . . Just ask a recent college grad what they think of global warming, the UN, capitalism . . . Sarah Palin, GW, terrorism, national security, immigration, racism . . . the truth?
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 9:01amThe magazine deserves it. They’ve been passing off lies to us for years anyway. Probably can’t tell the difference anymore.
I think it’s called poetic justice. Much better than social / economic justice.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 9:12amThis just goes to show today’s rip-and-read MSM mentality.
I have a degree is Mass Communications. When I was in school, the behind-the-camera guys would intentionally screw with the “journalists” by changing their script to get them to say funny stuff and see if they would even notice.
I had one that was a heavy Lefty that never caught on. She just read it and kept on going. She ended up as an assistant producer at a TV station in Reinlander, WI.
Hope you folks liked what you got. I hated her.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 10:23amUS Weekly had planned to publish a retraction today, but the news space was needed for a breaking news story – Glenn Beck cut a bunny in half with a chainsaw.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:30pmNothing surprises me anymore about ethical and moral reporting. Many years ago I quit taking magazines primarily because the postcards & hard pages so you couldn’t flip through without it stopping at their advertisements. By the time I tore it all out there wasn’t much left and I will not pay for a limp little magazine to get their advertising. Then I went for the newspapers. No more. If I can‘t get it on the internet I don’t need to know. But, it does pizz me off that they run fake stories. How dare them.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 2:43pmOh good, more cheap bird cage liner.
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:03pmoohhhh my , did I miss some factual journalism they published at some point or another???
Report Post »awww quit pullin my leg,