This Is Journalism?

Even if my Spidey-sense weren't saying, "Check out those answers fed to the kid by the GOP," we have some pretty poor reporting here:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_el_pr/palin_wasilla_heartthrob;_ylt=ArrBM293f7bbzSrWmA1w6koazJV4

 

"Johnston, a Wasilla heartthrob, said he wanted to set the record straight."

 

Adam Goldman, an Associated Press REPORTER describes his interviewee as a "heartthrob"??  Who was he writing for?  TEEN BEAT?

 

"Johnston is an avid hunter. He's dark haired, tall and muscular, sports a bit of stubble and drives a red Chevy Silverado truck. He'd be the perfect cover for Field & Stream."

 

You can practically hear the teenage girls--and Goldman--squealing over him.

"Johnston, a Wasilla heartthrob, said he wanted to set the record straight.  For starters, he said his much-maligned MySpace page was a joke — the one that claimed he said: "I'm a ... redneck," and "I don't want kids." Johnston said his friends created the page a few years ago and he had nothing to do with it."

This isn't bad reporting, but oh lord.  The lie is so bad, the GOP should be ashamed of itself.  "Honest, Mom!  I didn't write that awful stuff!  It was my friends!  Yeah!  They were playing a joke on me."