Saturday, September 06, 2008

Foiled Again - Attempt to Paint Palin as Slashing Funds to Teen Moms Proven False

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08090504.html

[LifeSiteNews] 6 Sep 2008--Contrary to a widely circulated report in Tuesday's Washington Post, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, did not slash funding for a program supporting teen mothers.

The Washington Post's Paul Kane reported that "Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms." The far-left Huffington Post repeated the story the next day, and it was off and running. To support this contention, Kane produced the 2008 Alaska budget, along with Governor Palin's line-item reductions. Kane said, "Palin reduced funding for Covenant House Alaska by more than 20 percent, cutting funds from $5 million to $3.9 million." Sounds like a reduction, right?

Not so. Here's the background.

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