I don't know who is right (and it doesn't really matter, I don't believe Sara Palin didn't know Africa isn't a single country, though she certainly may have misspoke in a way used maliciously).
But the version I read (and wendybeth was referencing) is that this Martin Eisenstadt was not the source for the original Fox News story. But rather he was lying when he told the NYTimes and MSNBC that he was.
So, in other words, whoever the Fox News source was, it hasn't been proven false.
That's all very confusingly worded.
So example with names:
Bobby tells Greg at Fox News that Palin is an idiot. Greg goes on TV and says "a source" says Palin in an idiot.
Peter goes to the New York Times and MSNBC and convinces them that he is a McCain operative and that he was the source for Greg's story on Fox News.
Investigation reveals that Peter is lying. So the Bobby --> Greg connection is untarnished. Though not necessarily any less partisan and spiteful. Of course, this all highlights the trouble you run into when you use anonymous sources lightly and for no good reason, as this original story does.
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