{"id":12504,"date":"2016-04-15T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=12504"},"modified":"2016-04-15T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:59:38","slug":"no-my-mom-didnt-back-out-of-a-bill-nye-debate-but-you-wont-believe-how-the-writer-defended-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2016\/04\/no-my-mom-didnt-back-out-of-a-bill-nye-debate-but-you-wont-believe-how-the-writer-defended-herself\/","title":{"rendered":"No, my Mom didn&#8217;t back out of a Bill Nye debate (but you won&#8217;t believe how the writer &#8220;defended&#8221; herself)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/505580974\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 67.676768% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/505580974?et=74o6nrtkSiVo9O3i3Fd9xA&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=fUI4GTTNNm-ServAYEHnsKz-jT97ciVFkn-rTOTTT4Y=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"402\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, some liberal writer named Brittany Cassell published a piece on Bipartisan Report saying my\u00a0mom had \u201cchickened out\u201d of a debate on climate change with Bill Nye, the Science Guy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The only problem? \u00a0It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2016\/04\/11\/no-bill-nye-is-not-debating-sarah-palin-on-climate-change\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">wasn\u2019t true<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Brittany was asked about it on Twitter for her source, Brittany tweeted \u201cI made that up, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12505\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/156\/2016\/04\/12973140_1117004768345624_6266523882467201481_o-e1460661327965.jpg\" alt=\"12973140_1117004768345624_6266523882467201481_o-e1460661327965\" width=\"500\" height=\"671\"><\/p>\n<p>Then, there\u2019s this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12506\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/156\/2016\/04\/CgBjJJvUAAUFwiM.jpg\" alt=\"CgBjJJvUAAUFwiM\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\"><\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danthropology\/2016\/04\/liberal-website-published-fabricated-story-on-bill-nye-and-refuses-to-remove-it\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Arel\u00a0for the screen shot<\/a>\u00a0and the story.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I am\u00a0not surprised by this at all\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brittany sounds <em>really<\/em> reliable, after all. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019d be MORTIFIED if I were her boss! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How embarrassing that she admitted she MADE up a story\u2026 then calling someone a bitch in defense? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em>Stay in touch! 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