Fox News Carl Cameron is an Idiot
Check out this video of Carl Cameron who’s acting as if he’s got this inside information from McCain staffers, particularily saying that Sarah Palin didn’t know that Africa was not a country.
The problem is, the whole thing was a hoax. That’s not much of a surprise. I would think nearly accomplished person would know what Africa is and isn’t.
It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not know that Africa was a continent.
Who would say such a thing? On Monday the answer popped up on a blog and popped out of the mouth of David Shuster, an MSNBC anchor. “Turns out it was Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, who has come forward today to identify himself as the source of the leaks,” Mr. Shuster said.
Trouble is, Martin Eisenstadt doesn’t exist. His blog does, but it’s a put-on. The think tank where he is a senior fellow — the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy — is just a Web site. The TV clips of him on YouTube are fakes.
And the claim of credit for the Africa anecdote is just the latest ruse by Eisenstadt, who turns out to be a very elaborate hoax that has been going on for months.
Now I’m not immune to falling for a hoax. But in my opinion Cameron takes this hoax and gives it life. After all he’s pretending that he actually talked to McCain staffers when said staffer who said that did not exist.
I’ve pretty much gotten away from any television news networks. But after this I’m probably going to barf to see Cameron talk again. He should jump ship to CBS where his kind of journalism is expected.
