Fictitious McCain Adviser Exposed
Status: Hoax
Martin Eisenstadt, who describes himself as a former campaign adviser to John McCain and a Senior Fellow of the Harding Institute, has been in the news a lot lately. First it was for outing himself as the guy who leaked the story about Palin not knowing Africa was a continent. Now it's for being non-existent.
The
NY Times has the details. Turns out that Eisenstadt is a fictitious character created by two filmmakers, Eitan Gorlin and Dan Mirvish.
Media outlets fooled: MSNBC, The New Republic, the Huffington Post, Mother Jones, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
Additional details at the
Huffington Post.
Posted By: Alex | Date:
Wed Nov 12, 2008 |
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Category:
Identity/Imposters,
Politics