Sarah Palin defended Fox News' practice of giving airtime to “birthers,” telling Media Matters in a recent video exchange: “I love that everybody has the right to voice their opinions in America. Fox embraces it, I love it.”
Fox has a history of giving birther believers airtime, even with continued proof that they have no basis in their claims. Following last week's release of Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate, for example, Fox Business host Eric Bolling drew attention April 27 for raising bizarre theories about whether the birth certificate was “Photoshopped.”
I caught up with Palin outside a fundraising brunch Saturday morning in Washington, D.C., held as part of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner that night.
When asked what she thought of Fox having birthers on, she answered: “Oh I love that everybody has the right to voice their opinions in America. Fox embraces it, I love it.”
When I asked her, “What is your belief on the birther issue? Do you think it should be put away now?” she declined to answer.
