Why the Sarah Palin divorce story is bogus

August 1, 7:18 PMHartford Conservative ExaminerJohn Talleos

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  A publication called AlaskaReportbroke the news.  Here's what it said: "AlaskaReport has learned this morning that Todd Palin and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are to divorce. Multiple sources in Wasilla and Anchorage have confirmed the news."  On the surface this sounds like a legitimate lead but look closely, it announces the story with no attribution.  You may say that it does because of "multiple sources" but those sources, unnamed by the way, are confirming news already out there.  They aren't the source of it.  Just what is it that AlaskaReport learned that morning and where did they get the information from?

  The article goes on to cite the National Enquirer in an article titled "Sarah Palin Lover Revealed" where it states Sarah had an affair with a business partner of husband Todd.  Evidence of this is from a family member close to the business partner  who took a "rigorous polygraph test"  stating that it happened.  Actually he isn't really a family member but a former brother in-law of the person who was married to the guy who was a former business partner....see where this is going?   Another source to the Enquirer story who wanted to "remain anonymous" because of "repercussions" had "sworn under affidavit" that it was true.  Affidavits are useless to the whole world aside from a court of law, but this one was made excluuuuusively for the Enquirer.

  The AlaskaReport then mentions that Sarah and Todd were noticeably not speaking to each other at her resignation news conference which is meaningless and that she "ditched" Todd right after the speech.  The "ditched" part, whatever that means, is attributed to MSNBC because it says "(MSNBC)" right after "ditched".

 More evidence: she recently purchased land in Montana and is "considering moving her family there even though she's from Idaho."  Oh?  Where in Montana?  How do they know this?  This part doesn't even have "friends close" to or "family members familiar" no polygraphs, nothing.  Actually this is the easiest part to corroborate because land purchase's are publicly recorded.  But we don't even know the town.

 Moving on they then report that Todd told Fox News that he was getting his job back in the oil fields in Alaska "yet"....now you expect them to say "the oil fields dried up" or "a family member of his former boss swore never again" none of that.  "Yet" they report "Sarah recently signed a book deal reportedly worth $11 million."  Aha!  This means divorce!

 The report is flimsy.  The AlaskaReport knows it too.  Why else would they conclude with:

  Editor's note: AlaskaReport was the first website to report that Sarah Palin was running for governor of Alaska and the first website to report that Sarah was picked as John McCain's VP candidate. 

 You just know they looked at the article and thought "you know people out there are going to think we're full of caribou number two, lets throw in something that says we're credible, because after all, we don't have anything".

 Then we get to the final parting shot at Palin.  This last paragraph explains the true source of their information.  It's not journalistic standards of evidence, it's not even journalism.  It is pure and simple animosity with more made up nonsense and quite frankly garbage:

  Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin says politicians need to have thick skin 'Just as I've got' Which of course is hilarious since she quit as Alaska's governor complaining about her hurt feelings from Alaska's bloggers reporting on her numerous ethics violations. 

 Which is all untrue.  But when acrimony is what motivates you...