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As ThinkProgress has documented, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has repeatedly lied about her support of the Bridge to Nowhere, claiming to have told Congress “thanks but no thanks,” even though she campaigned in support of the bridge and repeatedly pushed Alaska’s congressional delegation to secure the funding.

Today, in a new campaign ad declaring Palin and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “the original mavericks,” the narrator declares of Palin, “She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere.”

Watch it:

The McCain campaign seems to know it is lying. The ad cites an article from the Anchorage Daily News (”Palin flies high as reformer,” 12/27/07) as proof of its claim:

But that article says nothing about Palin “stopping” the bridge. In fact, in the sole mention of the bridge, the article suggests only that Palin “ordered her administration to seek fewer congressional earmarks after Alaska’s ‘bridge to nowhere’ became a national symbol of pork barrel spending.”

Perhaps now that Palin has finally agreed to take questions from the press, she’ll be held accountable for her less-than-straight talk.

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One key point here, taking questions from ABC News is not going to hold Mrs. Palin "accountable" for anything in anyway. 

ABC has already agreed to ground rules that heavily favour political puffing over actual journalism- the interview will be done in stages. If ABC isn’t puffy and nice enough, they don’t get the next stage. Plus, Mrs. Palin gets to prep for each topic separately and likely gets to have the questions in advance.

This is the Karl Rove run McCain campaign contolling the "will do anything for ratings" media.

Play by the McCain campaign's rules and you get the "interview" (guaranteed to have huge ratings) and you get all that advertising revenue.

Our corporate media at work.

Saying this interview is going to do anything to hold Mrs. Palin accountable plays right into their strategy.