CNN Duped by Sarah Palin Bikini Photoshops

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CNN got duped! The supposed photo of Sarah Palin in an American flag bikini holding a rifle is a proven photoshop.

But Lola Ogunnaike, entertainment reporter for CNN’s American Morning, seems to believe the image is authentic. Yesterday she told Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz that Palin should maybe avoid posing with guns like this, because it might come back to bite her in the ass:

I mean, McCain has been really good about painting Obama as this lightweight, using the word “celebrity” as a pejorative. They don’t want to have a boomerang effect. They don’t want that to come back on Sarah Palin, and people say, yes, she looks good in a bikini clutching an AK-47, but is she equipped to run the country?

Oh well, CNN isn’t known for doing any actual fact-checking. They leave that to us bloggers. But, they could at least keep updated on the stuff we debunk.


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Besides, Sarah has a better body than the chick in that photo!

Just sayin :)

Dan Rather says.....

It's fake but accurate.  ;-)

I would also point out that

I would also point out that the "rifle" the young lady is holding is a BB gun, not an actual firearm.  I doubt Palin would waste her time posing with an air rifle.

CNN Standard Opperating Principle:

Never let facts get in the way of a good story.

 

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

CNN gets duped everyday

"Forget change, I want improvement!"

Much worse than that though

Much worse than that though is that they try to dupe us everyday.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

But, but...

"CNN isn’t known for doing any actual fact-checking"

The most trusted name in news?  Say it ain't so.  This must, must be some evil neoconbushcheneyhalliburtonrove doings'. 

"PDS..The New and Improved BDS"

and now with 10% more degrangement!

I'll add to that, Sua Sponte 75

Hi, Billy Mays here!

And if you watch CNN, I'll throw in 10% more Bush derangement syndrome for the same viewing time.

But I'm not done yet!

Watch CNN right now, and I'll throw in the Bush and Palin derangements of MSNBC and the entire NBC news organization on their channels for no extra charge!

Ok, I wanted some of that

Ok, I wanted some of that offer you just made, Mica. I tuned into CNN and...

Now I have a counteroffer. I have one barfbag (full), one very large migrane headache, and I've got larangitus (sp?) from all the hollering. Can I offer you that? In addition, I'll throw in one busted TV set, a used straight-jacket they packed me away in when I wouldn't stop yelling and screaming, and an insanity plea.

Please, no more offers. I couldn't take another one any time soon.

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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber

Does anybody really believe

Does anybody really believe she would have dressed up like that once she became a politician? Really, really stupid, CNN. 

“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)

And once again, they prove

And once again, they prove their bias, their prejudice, AND their idiocy.

It speaks volumes about them that they took that seriously and didn't doubt that Gov. Palin would demean herself that way.

no sense in being biased, if you can't prove it.

Or to paraphrase another contributor here:

There is no sense in being biased, if you can't prove it.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

But, MB, it took them days

But, MB, it took them days to report this. It must have been a tough decision, taken all the way to the top brass before the gave the go-ahead. Give them credit for doing due diligence, here.

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CNN has become tabloid Journalism

they are losing all professionalism like MSNBC

ignorance

the ignorance of the people commenting on this stupid (but kinda cool) photo . . . why do people just pick the last name of a gun they can think of and label anything resembling a firearm with that moniker?

I am honestly surprised no one has called it a "glock" or a "45" or a "9mm" yet

The lines I like are on

The lines I like are on crime shows when they pick up a shell casing and say: Looks like a Glock 9MM!!

 

Its hard to fathom the depths of their ignorance.

 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

 

That's why I have a beretta

That's why I have a beretta 9mm.  There are more berettas around so if I leave a shell casing it could be any beretta.  I hear they are making a 92FS Inox round, if that comes to light my whole thesis is screwed.

smile

CNN

The most busted name in news. 

Rocky & Bullwinkle '08

COOL ARROW...

That is about the best line I've heard/read in about a month. WELL DONE!

"...it's still We The People, Right?"  Megadeth 

Just par for the course...

What is it with the left and bikini photoshops?  Show them a patheticly obvious c&p of some righty's face on a bikini-clad body, and they suddenly turn into the morality police.

www.daybydaycartoon.... Proving that conservative comedy is very real.

"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." - Miyamoto Musashi

It's funny that liberals

It's funny that liberals doesn't know a AK47 from a shotgun or rifle. 
I guess it's because the AK47 is the preferred weapon of the communist
and our enemies...they are just probably more familiar with that one!

And yet...

...they want to ban "assault rifles"...I guess that Daisy BB gun, since it was called an AK-47 by the all-knowing media, will be next to be banned...

What a collection of maroons. 

Goes with the picture they

Goes with the picture they are trying to paint.  Don't you know AK-47 sounds much more sinister than Daisy, plus you can get the postal abbreviation for Alaska in the mix.

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

"You'll shoot your eye out."

I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

Being CNN tells us these

Being CNN tells us these photos of Palin are real; am I to assume the nude photos of Hillary floating around the net are real also????? I guess these emails from Nigeria are real also.

Limited Disclosure:  I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.

the e-mails from Nigeria are

the e-mails from Nigeria are not real?????

Dam, I got 3 in a row yesterday from a Rev. Elbert Gallenmore. with a email address of: (ya got to love this) johnslongnecker@live.com  

 Its a good thing that I saw your post, I was just ready to ship my check book and credit card off. That was close..

I think they should just send these to Democrats, they are the only ones dumb enough to go for it... 

 

 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

 

I hate to burst your bubble

I hate to burst your bubble on the emails from Nigeria. LOL 

Limited Disclosure:  I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.

*shudder*

... am I to assume the nude photos of Hillary floating around the net are real also? 

G-d, I hope not... 

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"There are some who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those who use their careers to promote change."
--Sarah Palin

yeah,,,AK-47

Let's pick the most dispicable terrorist weapon known to man....

Is Lola that stupid or knowingly trying to paint Palin in the worst possible light???

I'm going with "she's that stupid".... 

NOBAMA 08 !!!

Hey, bigpapa, it's got a

Hey, bigpapa, it's got a scary  scope on it...oooooooh.....that makes it an assault weapon!!

CNN...

 I would contend that CNN has been duped into believing that "Bicycle"Jack Cafferty is a news man. They also have been duped into the idea the that Larry King has a pulse. If they believe Joe Biden's hair is his, I will know they are total dupes.

 

"...it's still We The People, Right?"  Megadeth 

Sarah Palin, hit piece by Campbell Brown last night

Surprised no thread on CNN hit job about Sarah's religion. Campbell's nostrils were FLARING with revenge. She is livid about being singled out for her over the top bias.  OH MY Gd she prayed for the pipeline.

A blind man....

....could tell it was photoshopped within 5 seconds.

But I guess CNN doesn't have any blind employees.

Laughable.

where's the AK-47?

Looks more like a crossman BB gun to me.  It's black and has a scope, must be some sort of assault weapon, right?

 

needs more cowbell

And where is Michelle O

in her bikini?

The left is so crazed right now that I'm surprised they haven't posted a counter photo of Michelle in a bikini.  Or heaven forbid, Joe Biden.

Oh riiiighttt....we already got Barry in his bathing suit (ad nauseum, IIRC).

CNN....network of ninnys. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Blonde, I love it!

CNN - the Cable Ninny Network - works for me!

We'll never see bikini pics - real or imagined - of Michelle Obamessiah. Why, that would be sexist and racist! And remember, his lordship said to lay off his family, right?

But it's ok for the MSM to smear, defame and engage in character assasination about the Palin family.  That's "responsible journalism" according to those morons.  

Yeah, right.

"The sun's not going down, the horizon's moving up!" - Firesign Theatre

Cable Network of Ninnies

"We spout....you decide". 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

It's not even a good

It's not even a good photoshop. >.> What the heck is wrong with these idiots.  

 

 

 

I'm not an economist, but I do believe that we're growing. And I can remember this press conference here where people yelling "recession this, recession that" -- as if you're economists. - Bush

$10.00 away

I hear that Bev Harris is just $10.00 away from proving that the photo is real.

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

If you go to factcheck.org

If you go to factcheck.org they have documents proving its authenticity.....

 

But those photos of Obama in

Dan Rather says that he has a typewritten memo to prove the photos of Palin are authentic

But those photos of Obama in a Cuban-flag bikini holding a pound of arugula in one hand are REAL, right?

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

rats. there's only one thing to do

get her into a classy one piece, hand her a REAL AK, (not a pump action 177 pellet gun!) and make real pics!

hey, it's not sexist, if I just prefer to see half naked women, right? :)

yeah, I know-respect the Office...but is it worse to be a declared fanboy or a closet lurker who's afraid to state his opinion?:)

 

"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".

"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same"

The depth of Lola

The depth of Lola Ogunnaike's stupidity knows no bounds. Typical for an MSM personality. Do the networks not care that they are being represented by morons?

The only person I have ever seen "posing with an AK-47" was Diane Feinstein. And she showed her utter stupidity and complete lack of knowledge of firearms safety by posing with her finger on the trigger and without regard for where the muzzle was pointed.

I am beginning to think we are living in the midst of the real-world equivalent of John Carpenter's "They Live." If we only had some special sunglasses to look through, we would see that the MSM were all ghoulish aliens trying to take over our country.

I am beginning to think we

I am beginning to think we are living in the midst of the real-world equivalent of John Carpenter's "They Live." If we only had some special sunglasses to look through, we would see that the MSM were all ghoulish aliens trying to take over our country.

Good suggestion. Though Andrea Mitchell is somewhat ghoulish looking without any special sunglasses.

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

Update:

Update: (For some reason Google has removed the faked bikini pic from the "Sarah Palin" images page to "Sarah Palin bikini" images page.) ??? who the hell knows? 

Original post: CNN, with all the the thousands of employees, not one of them could have done the following... On your Google bar, type in the words 'Sarah Palin', then click on 'images'. That's it! This fake photo and the real one show up on the very first page. And it just so happens the picture showed up the day after McCain announced she was his running mate.

CNN should be ashamed of themselves. And they have the nerve to call bloggers 'rookies'!

Moron’s On Parade

 

 

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Is this from the same left

Is this from the same left that has constantly accused the right of gender insensitivity? They are as hypocritical as Al Gore and his global warming stupidity!

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

La Mislable

This is simply a terrible, terrible travesty by CNN.

First they mislable the model.

Next they mislable the weapon/toy.

But even more puzzling CNN withheld the most relevant information about the picture.

The bust size of the bikini top.

Shame on you CNN.  American men expect more from tabloid journalism.   

witch hunt

well you gotta say at least that the left is persistant.  if you first don't succeed, try, try again.  i wish the left would exert this much time and effort towards defaming obama!

Seriously, a 40 something woman in a bikini?

Lola, what are you thinking?  Unless she's had a lot of plastic surgery, there aren't many 40+ women who'd wear a bikini, especially after 5 children. 

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

Hey, I Recognize That Photo, And I Never Even Saw It Before...

...rather, I heard about it on the liberal Bill Press radio show. I heard that his show's website decided to have a little fun and make a photoshopped picture of Gov. Palin in a bikini holding an AK-47 for which they would post on their website.

 If the media can fall for something so mirthful as this, I don't know what to think anymore.