More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
In a live interview with Sarah Palin on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie accused the former Alaska governor of taking a "cheap shot" at President Obama while defending herself against nasty attacks from animal rights group PETA: "You also talk about President Obama, saying that he tried dog meat when he was under ten years old in Indonesia. I have to ask you about that one, though, is that kind of trading cheap shot for cheap shot?"
Palin dismissed Guthrie's assertion: "Oh, heck no, that was the best line in the post that I wrote, it was the kick-off line. It was, 'Hey, PETA, chill. You know, at least Trig didn't eat the dog.' And, no, it also made a point that, you know, President Obama to many of the far-left radicals who are part of PETA, you know, they look at him as, I don't know, their messiah."