Time.com Also Deceived by Palin-Aguilera Anthem Satire, Seems to Claim It Wasn’t
On Thursday (at NewsBusters ; at BizzyBlog ), I noted that Us Weekly's web site briefly posted a satirical item as legitimate news. The satire item was about Sarah Palin criticizing Christine Aguilera's infamous National Anthem botch at last week's Super Bowl on Sean Hannity's Monday radio show. Palin didn't even appear on Hannity's show on Monday. Once caught by gossipcop.com, Us Weekly pulled the item. The same cannot be said of Time.com. Time was also apparently fooled, but seems to be pretending that it knew the item was satire all along. Readers can judge for themselves from the graphics which follow. Here's the original: Here's the item as currently posted with a “clarification”: I'd say that what Time put up is not a “clarification” at all. It's a “correction,” unless Time assumes that everyone clicked through to the original Current.com item labeled as “Comedy.” Even then, a “Comedy” label is far from being the same as “Satire.” Sarah Palin is justifiably not amused, and according to FoxNation.com, sent the following email to the publication's Congressional Correspondent Jay Newton-Small: Subject: Great job, MSM!
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