Targeting Palin

From Patterico's Pontifications:

Howard Kurtz, in accusing Sarah Palin of misstating some facts, misstates some facts:

While taking swipes at bloggers — "probably sitting there in their parents' basement, wearing their pajamas" — Palin also misstated some facts. She complained to Lauer about "the rumors, the speculation, even in mainstream media, that Trig wasn't actually my child, that Trig was somebody else's child and I faked a pregnancy," calling that "absolutely ridiculous."

Wow. That misstates some facts?? Has Kurtz taken on Trig Trutherism? Let's read on:

In fact, no mainstream outlet published the Internet rumors until the McCain campaign issued a statement, during the GOP convention, that Palin's teenage daughter Bristol was pregnant. McCain officials told reporters they were putting out the news because of inquiries about whether the governor was really Trig's mother.

First, how does that show Palin misstated any facts? She didn't say: the mainstream media published scurrilous rumors about Trig's parentage before we announced Bristol's pregnancy. She said: the mainstream media published scurrilous rumors about Trig's parentage. And you people did, Howard. Now you're acting like you had no choice; as if McCain forced your hand by announcing that Bristol was pregnant.