Headline story on Fox News this morning: MSNBC Retracts False Palin Story; Others Duped MSNBC was the victim of a hoax when it reported that an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as the source of an embarrassing story about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Wednesday. David Shuster, an anchor for the cable news network, said on air Monday that Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, had come forth and identified himself as the source of a FOX News...Read Full Story
Today the story ripped around the blogosphere and cable news outlets that one of the McCain aides that have until now been anonymously disparaging Sarah Palin has stepped out from behind the curtain: Martin Eisenstadt. At his blog, Eisenstadt reveals that he was "a foreign policy adviser on the McCain campaign who worked with Randy Scheunemann to help prep Sarah on her debate with Joe Biden." He goes on to say that Palin "simply didn’t have the ease of knowledge that we come to expect from a...Read Full Story
This story has more twists! A supposed 'aide' to John McCain who uses the name 'Martin Eisenstadt' , claims that he is the one who leaked criticisms of Sarah Palin. "So yes, to be clear, last week I was the one who leaked those things to a producer at Fox News who works with Cameron. Carl and his producers are good guys, and I don’t want them to have to worry about protecting their sources (and going through the wringer ala Judith Miller or Matt Cooper) on something like this. [...] ... it...Read Full Story
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Former McCain adviser warns Romney on Gingrich attacksBoston GlobeBy Glen Johnson But a veteran of numerous political campaigns argues that the winning candidate should resist the temptation to emasculate the loser. The short-term primary pleasure, Weaver told the Globe yesterday, complicates the long-term general ...and more »
Martin Eisenstadt is the pseudonym of an anonymous writer who hoaxed major media organizations, posing as an adviser to the McCain campaign. He claims to be a senior fellow at the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy, also a fake organization. Find more information about Martin Eisenstadt here.
Political strategist and conservative analyst Martin Eisenstadt is a senior fellow at the The Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy and Founder and President of the ...
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A former campaign adviser to John McCain named Martin Eisenstadt has outed himself as the proud source of the Sarah Palin "doesn't know Africa is a continent" story. The New Republic and