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Media ignore "bridge to nowhere" falsehood in Palin speech, despite having previously flagged it

September 04, 2008 5:47 pm ET

SUMMARY: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post have previously challenged Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that she "told the Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere," but they did not report that she repeated the false claim in her September 3 vice-presidential acceptance speech.

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