While filming a segment for her new TLC program in Homer, Alaska, former governor Sarah Palin was recently accosted by one Kathleen Gustafson, a local bearing a large handwritten banner reading “Worst Governor Ever.” Several news agencies and networks have picked up on the story , uncritically relaying that Gustafson is simply a local teacher. But that’s not accurate, as MacRanger of the Mac’s Mind blog discovered. Gustafson is listed as a “theater tech” at Homer High School. In addition to those duties, she’s on staff at the Homer public radio station and on the board of directors for a family planning clinic in town . From her bio: Kathleen Gustafson : I’ve been on the board since 2003. I feel like volunteering with KBFPC is the natural compliment to my work in Youth Theater and public radio. When I worked at Smoky Bay Learning Center, I witnessed directly the good work that Family Planning does in health education programs and I want to do what I can to be a part of it. Far from an apolitical teacher who just happens to be set off by Palin resigning mid-term, there’s arguably more than meets the eye when it comes to Gustafson’s politics. Is it that hard for anyone in the mainstream media to apply a little skepticism and work a few keystrokes on Google? Photo of Gustafson via macsmind.com .
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