On the View, Brian Ross Claims Newt's First Wife Had Cancer, Second Wife Had MS

This video plays after the main interview one.

The "cancer" story has been completely debunked. Jackie Gingrich didn't have cancer. The tumor was benign.

This other claim comes from the left, seeking to mimic the first story and establish a pattern. As I understand it (and correct me if I'm wrong), Marianne Gingrich did not and does not have MS. She had been diagnosed with something that could, one day, become MS.

I could be wrong. That is my understanding.

So Brian Ross is peddling age-old debunked claims but doesn't have the stones to mention Vera Baker. But it's hard to get an interview with her, I guess as she's decamped to Martinique. Odd move, a DC political type moving to... Martinique.

Oh well I'm sure there's no interesting backstory here.

I mean, Brian Ross had that story and didn't report it.

Newt Gingrich has some real baggage, and I think that baggage makes him fairly unelectable. But "reporters" should not peddle debunked claims as "facts everyone knows."

Oh: Joy Behar claims that Marianne Gingrich "doesn't sound bitter."

Well. Point of reference and all, Neckfat.

posted by Ace at 12:30 PM

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