News flash: Palin not that dumb after all

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demiurgent pointed this story out to me in text chat.

Turns out Sarah Palin knows, and has always known, that Africa is a continent after all.

Apparently the major newsmedia were consistently taken in by a hoax: a political commentator and supposed advisor to John McCain who did not, in fact, actually exist. In fact, it's been sitting around spitting out false information about both campaigns all through the entire election cycle.

Here's a New York Times article on the affair.