Shannyn Moore (born June 12, 1970) is an American political blogger based in Alaska. Moore is a writer for The Huffington Post and has been a prominent critic of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. She has appeared on such television shows as The Rachel Maddow Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann.[1][2] Moore also launched her own political talk show, Moore Up North, in November 2009.[3]
After Sarah Palin announced her resignation as Governor of Alaska, Palin and her attorneys released a statement threatening legal action to those who "propagate defamatory material" about her. The statement added "To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as 'fact' that Governor Palin resigned because she is 'under federal investigation' for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation", her attorney said. "This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law."[4]
Moore responded in a press conference that Palin is "a coward and a bully" and that she never claimed the rumors were fact but only pointed out they existed.[4]
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- ^ "Palin the petulant". MSNBC. July 6, 2009. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009.
- ^ Brendan Joel Kelley (February 10, 2010). "Air Anchorage". Anchorage Press. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ a b Kevin Hechtkopf (July 6, 2009). "FBI Says There Is No Palin Investigation". CBS News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.