Fox News Censorsing Stories: Fox News Removes Palin Story From Site

For those of you that are interested in the little Palin Game we are playing here in America I found a nifty little thing on Google today. Fox news apparently had an article on their site claiming that Republicans are beginning to jump off the Palin Bandwagon. But when you go to the site Google points you to it looks like FOX News removed the article. I wonder what happened there...Here is a link to the URL that WAS the story Old Palin Story Page and here is a picture of the Google SERP where highlighted is the link to the fox page. I know it is a little hard to see but if you want the results page link itself it is Here: Palin Election News Results in Google.

And What was the story actually? Well here it is verbatim, taken from the good old Google Cache:

A growing number of Republicans are expressing concern about Sarah Palin’s uneven - and sometimes downright awkward - performances in her limited media appearances.

Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, a former Palin supporter, says the vice presidential nominee should step aside. Kathryn Jean Lopez, writing for the conservative National Review, says “that’s not a crazy suggestion” and that “something’s gotta change.”

Tony Fabrizio, a GOP strategist, says Palin’s recent CBS appearance isn’t disqualifying but is certainly alarming. “You can’t continue to have interviews like that and not take on water.”

“I have not been blown away by the interviews from her, but at the same time, I haven’t come away from them thinking she doesn’t know s-t,” said Chris Lacivita, a GOP strategist. “But she ain’t Dick Cheney, nor Joe Biden and definitely not Hillary Clinton.”

There is no doubt that Palin retains a tremendous amount of support among rank-and-file Republicans. She draws huge crowds, continues to raise a lot of money for the McCain campaign, and state parties report she has sparked an uptick in the number of volunteers.

Asked about Palin’s performance in the CBS interview, a McCain official briefing reporters on condition of anonymity said: “She did fine. She’s a tremendous asset and a fantastic candidate.”

But there is also no doubt many Republican insiders are worried she could blow next week’s debate, based on her unexpectedly weak and unsteady media appearances, and hurt the Republican ticket if she does.

What follows is a viewer’s guide to some of Palin’s toughest moments on camera so far.

Speaking this week with CBS’s Katie Couric, Palin seemed caught off-guard by a very predictable question about the status of McCain adviser Rick Davis’ relationship with mortgage lender Freddie Mac. Davis was accused by several news outlets of retaining ties - and profiting from - the companies despite his denials.

Where a more experienced politician might have been able to brush off Couric’s follow-up question, Palin seemed genuinely stumped, repeating the same answer twice and resorting to boilerplate language about the “undue influence of lobbyists.”

These missteps could be attributed to inadequate preparation and don’t necessarily reflect more deeply on Palin’s ability to perform as vice president. But when reporters have tried to probe Palin’s thinking on subjects such as foreign policy, she’s been similarly opaque.

In an interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson, Palin gave a muddled answer to a question about her opinion of the Bush Doctrine.

And given the chance to describe her foreign policy credentials more fully, Palin recited familiar talking points, telling Gibson that her experience with energy policy was sufficient preparation for dealing with national security issues.

In the same interview, Palin let Gibson lead her into saying it might be necessary to wage war on Russia - a suggestion that most candidates would have avoided making explicitly and that signaled her discomfort in discussing global affairs.

Then, asked this week by Couric to discuss her knowledge of foreign relations - in particular, her assertion that Alaska’s proximity to Russia gave her international experience - Palin tripped herself up explaining her interactions with Alaska’s neighbor to the west.
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On the economy, too, Palin has avoided taking clear stances. In a largely friendly interview with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, Palin spoke in tangled generalities in response to a question about a possible Wall Street bailout - and even preempted her campaign by coming out against it.

On Thursday, Palin finally took questions from her traveling press - but shut things down quickly after Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel asked her whether she would support Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who has been indicted for corruption, and Rep. Don Young, who is under federal investigation, for reelection.

Unlike her other interviews, at least this time Palin had the option to walk away.

The Link to this story is found at Fox News Palin Story
Now I know that we all like to think that Fox News would never do anything like this on purpose and that this is a "Fair & Balanced" network and that any press that was too negative to the Republican party and Sarah Palin would never get removed. And I agree, so I wonder if I can find this story elsewhere....Well I went back to Fox's Site and I checked...Conservatives Question Palin Search query and to my surprise I could not find the story...What happened?
So I wonder if Fox News really removed the site? It's not an OLD story according to Google Cache "It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on Sep 28, 2008 13:23:15 GMT." So I wonder if Fox thought it too tough on Palin? What do you think America? Chris Lacivita I think may have hit it spot on...She Doesn't Know "Shit" and he is on her side of the aisle. Man this should be a good one.

Please Leave Comments on whether you think this is Censorship or Not....?