UPDATE - More Cheers than Boos for Palin in Philly

When I played the YouTube video of Sarah Palin supposedly being met with a chorus of "resounding (almost deafening) boos" at the Philadelphia Flyers' home opener, I didn't hear it that way.

Nonetheless, I thought I just wasn't picking it up and I accepted the account given by the New York Times' Lynn Zinser. I thought it was a "you had to be there" moment.

Wrong. I should have known better.

Turns out, Zinser greatly exaggerated what happened.

From Terry Trippany, NewsBusters:

The New York Times took the unusual step of quickly editing and replacing a hysterical post by hockey blogger Lynn Zinser that covered Sarah Palin's appearance at the Philadelphia Flyers home opener where she was invited to drop a ceremonial puck. In her original post Zinser exaggerated the boos by the crowd, attacked Flyers owner Ed Snider for inviting Palin to the event and appears to have fabricated the discomfort felt by NHL players Scott Gomez and Mike Richards.

That account has since been changed. Somewhere along the line Zinser gutted the original article and replaced it with a new one that came a bit closer to reality.

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Claim: "Palin came out to onto the Wachovia Center ice Saturday night — greeted by resounding (almost deafening) boos from the Flyers crowd"

Fact: While the crowd did initially boo Sarah Palin those boos were quickly drowned out by applause as she took to the ice.

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Claim: Rangers center Scott Gomez and Flyers captain Mike Richards displayed "palpable" levels of discomfort by being thrust into a situation not of their choosing and having to answer questions concerning Sarah Palin.

Fact: This claim is not supported by the facts.

Scott Gomez was interviewed a month ago concerning statements Barack Obama made comparing Sarah Palin to a pig.

So what does Gomez think about Obama's controversial quote? The 28-year-old center from Anchorage likens politics to a good old-fashioned hockey brawl. "It's politics, man - throw the gloves off," said Gomez, who joined four of his teammates at the Garden Friday to unveil artists' renderings of the new Rangers locker room and fitness center that are part of a planned $500 million renovation of the Garden. "You can't take it personal. We're Alaskans ... we don't let things bother us. I'm sure (Palin) could handle it.

"I've met her once at an event couple of years ago," Gomez added. "It doesn't matter if you're voting for her or not. If you're Alaskan, you have to be proud."

Another New York Times reporter disgraced.

I'm shocked. SHOCKED!