At a meeting with reporters this morning, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins answered a lot of questions about Sarah Palin. I'll have a write-up on that for the CQ Politics site later this morning. But he also said a few things about blogs.
One reporter repeatedly pressed Perkins on rumors that have circulated about Barack Obama on the Internet, specifically that he is a "secret Muslim." It was strange, because the reporter clearly was interjecting her personal opinion that it was somehow the fault of Perkins and other evangelical Christians that these rumors exist and therefore his responsibility to refuse them.
Instead, Perkins said he did not support the spreading of rumors, but that his focus is on socially conservative issues. However, he mentioned the rumors and allegatios that have also been spread about Sarah Palin and her family.
"Blogs don't hold themselves to a standard of accuracy that most reporters do," he said. "My mother worked in a beauty shop when I was growing up. And the Internet is like a huge beauty shop," where rumors are spread.
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Guess that's better than calling the Internet a "series of tubes."
Posted by: helzapoppn
| September 11, 2008 9:52 AM
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