Is Jimmy Lee Shreeve trustworthy, or does he just make things up? (Sarah Palin)

Posted Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:51 pm

Jimmy Lee Shreeve wrote an article for England's Telegraph yesterday ("Sarah Palin: Pointing a loaded gun at the environment?", link via this) which contained this completely fabricated Palin quote:

"magnificent, cuddly white bears are doing just fine and don't need our protection. If the ice melts, they'll adapt to living on the land."

That article went on to get over 3300 Diggs. While the person who submitted it has now also posted a mea culpa, the damage has already been done.

The Telegraph has now deleted that quote from their article, without noting that it was deleted.

So, if you want to trust Jimmy Lee Shreeve go ahead, although I don't recommend it in the least.

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Comments

Steve James (not verified)

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 05:58

I saw that too. But I did a search and found this in the British Guardian newspaper: ---------------------------- She then wrote a piece for the New York Times, saying that these "magnificent cuddly white bears are doing just fine and don't need our protection. If the ice melts, they'll adapt to living on land". That is a contention most scientists found reckless, given that polar bears have shown little ability to feed on land. ------------------------------ http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/17/poles.wildlife So who knows.

Leave it to Beaner (not verified)

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 10:11

Get a life

Mary (not verified)

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:30

And the media we can trust are?????????????

Pat Flannery (not verified)

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 22:04

They did acknowledge their deletion, it's right there on the story you linked to. Moron.