A quote from an anonymous source. Trust me on this one.
And while we’re at it, how’s that for libel, slander, and defamation, eh Carl?
I’d report a response from Mr. Cameron, but he’s busy rinsing out his mouth and flossing his toothy grin.
P.S. So let’s get this straight. John McCain wants to run an honorable campaign, and the day after he loses the Election his minions are unleashed to trash the VP candidate, Sarah Palin? Slander Sarah Palin, but Jeremiah Wright is off the table?
And is it really Carl Cameron’s “duty” to report this drivel? Without sources? Spineless.
Another episode for the PDS annals.
The American Spectator reports that the “anonymous” McCain sources are ex-Romney aides??? Ace speculates that the leakers may not be ex-Romney aides. David Frum thinks it may be Nicole Wallace, who has a track record.
Greta offers some clarity.
Until we get people ON THE RECORD, we will not know. But they have done their damage.
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2008 November 6 at 4:45 am
Thomas
Doesn’t fit the definitions of libel, slander, or defamation. Certainly not libel, which is the written word. A reporter is relaying information given to him by sources. Prove that these claims are not true.
As for the “honorable campaign” business…the campaign is over. His political career is finished. You think campaign staffers are going to give two flips that their boss wanted to run an “honorable campaign”???
2008 November 6 at 2:59 pm
conservativepilgrim
Thanks Thomas.
I think it’s shady reporting to repeat this “gossip” without sources. The “information” Cameron relays is just drivel. Without names, it’s hearsay.
Yes, the campaign is over. But if this is how John McCain allows his staff to treat his VP candidate, then I was a fool to support him. At the very least, he could issue a statement or take action by firing or revealing the staffer’s name.
2008 November 6 at 3:33 pm
David
I heard somewhere that the “anonymous sources” were ex-Romney campaign staffers. Is there any truth in this? It seems possible that this could be the first salvos of the 2012 campaign…
2008 November 6 at 3:50 pm
conservativepilgrim
David,
I don’t know. There are a lot of rumors floating around. I’ll post a link above and you can decide. It’s hard to tell unless we get names instead of “anonymous.”
2008 November 6 at 4:12 pm
Thomas
Cameron has been following the McCain campaign for months and has been part of the campaign’s media contingent. You think he doesn’t have sources within the campaign? As for McCain “allowing” it…the man cannot be held responsible for everyone else’s actions. Besides, the campaign is over. He doesn’t have a staff anymore. He’s history.
2008 November 6 at 4:24 pm
conservativepilgrim
We can agree that McCain is done. But this says more about his character, or lack thereof.
as for Cameron’s “sources”…it says more about Cameron that he’s willing to report this junk. This is TMZ, People, Us magazine stuff. He’s lost credibility in my eyes.
I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. When their actions give themselves away, well then I can come to an educated, informed conclusion. Frankly, I don’t watch the network or cable news anymore.
2008 November 6 at 5:10 pm
David
Romney’s team has already shown their willingness to go negative very early in a campaign (remember the Iowa and NH GOP primaries?), so I guess this shouldn’t be too surprising. Disappointing, but not surprising.
2008 November 6 at 6:41 pm
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2008 November 6 at 8:41 pm
QuakerDave
McCain and his surrogates did NOT run an honorable campaign. So why is anyone surprised that now folks from that same crew are looking for a scapegoat?
I also find it amusing that poor Carl is being so widely trashed today, by the same folks who usually spend so much time lapping up every syllable he utters. So long as he’s attacking liberals…
2008 November 6 at 9:40 pm
Charles B.
There is just no way that Carl Cameron did not realize how damaging the allegations about Sarah Palin would be once he publicised them, without naming his sources.
By doing so, he lost all credibility with me and I consider him to be a journalist of a very low moral character. Now, as soon as I see his face on the TV monitor, I will switch the channel away. What a disgusting man!
2008 November 6 at 10:48 pm
Ojisan
I’m sending all my donations directly to Gov. Sarah Palin’s campaign. RNC lost touch w/conservatives. McCain was a good example of maverick RINO.
As far as FoX is concerned, it’s over. I found someone else.
…..sigh. Breaking up is hard to do.
2008 November 7 at 12:35 am
tom
Carl Cameron’s reporting on Sarah Palin was spineless. Send him over to ABC, NBC, and CBS to join the other drive-bys.
2008 November 7 at 4:18 am
averagetodd
I don’t see this as Cameron doing anything unusual. There will be more of this to follow, sources will come out, book deals will be inked. Fox loves this type of reporting, and they stand to lose significant access in government under an Obama White House, so they ran with their scoop. Be angry at the disloyalty within the campaign if you like, but don’t blame Cameron.
2008 November 7 at 7:14 am
conservativepilgrim
averagetodd- Cameron is culpable as is the rest of the media reporting this trash with “anonymous” sources. Newsweek and the LA Times are running with the same stories based on anonymous sources. So saying it’s a “Fox” network issue is ridiculous. They all do it. To report these slanderous comments without a response from Gov. Palin lowered this “story” to a hack piece. This is junk journalism–Cameron, Fox, Newsweek, and LA Times–and these “sources” are shallow, vindictive, cowardly individuals.
2008 November 7 at 2:24 pm
Virginia Puma
FOX’s Carl Cameron did a disservice to Palin with his gleeful rendering of this gossip. I thought I was seeing Matthews tingle right in front of me. I was appalled. According to David Frum it is Nicole Wallace and Steve Schmidt. Carl should have let her do her own dirty rumor mongering, instead of spreading it as news. I have lost all respect of him.
The Palin staffers are the ones that will be hurt by all this derogatory slander. No one will hire them again. They are not to be trusted, cowardly, and basically execrable. No politician with a brain will hire anyone that can’t keep her/his mouth shut and behave as vindictive, petty losers. I don’t believe any of it. It is no more than sexism, innuendo, gossip and petty, ignorant chattel.
2008 November 7 at 5:12 pm
naturallyopinionated
All of this anonymous sniping just sounds like vicious petty gossip. Too bad it is being elevated to the level of news.
2008 November 7 at 5:14 pm
naturallyopinionated
.. and it’s too bad that McCain isn’t shutting down the anonymous Palin smear merchants. Where is he??
2008 November 8 at 12:07 am
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2009 July 2 at 2:56 pm
john
Carl Cameron is a failed UFO reporter. A wannabe Geraldo, Al Capone vault and all.