More Palin [Updated]

Instead of apologizing for allowing a hoax to be published on his site and for failing to track down who "ArcXIX" really is, Markos Moulitsas decides to change the subject and point to his bloggers doing the "vetting" of Sarah Palin (of course not Obama):

Moulitsas says he doesn't know who the anonymous ArcXIX is -- his contributors decide whether to identify themselves -- but that his site also disclosed that Palin was once a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, which has pushed for a vote on seceding from the United States. That was confirmed Monday by ABC News.

"Our people are doing the vetting. Even if some of it is hitting dead ends, other ones are striking direct hits," Moulitsas says. His role, he adds, "is to sit back and let the citizen journalists do their job, and I amplify the stuff that shakes out."

Not good enough, Markos. You need to publicly apologize for allowing the hoax to be published and track down the offender for TOS violations. If you won't do it, somebody else in the blogosphere with the capability should "out" this individual to see if the person has any connection with either presidential campaign or is just a troll.

Update: Markos finally got around to deleting the offending posts.

Another update: A couple of blog comments to note:

No Quarter

Cannonfire