CNN covers the Palin family drunken brawl, and gets just about everything wrong.

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So this morning CNN's Brian Stelter attempted some more Palin family damage control concerning the now famous drunken brawl.

In doing so Stelter plays a clip from Morning Joe, going on to essentially mock them for joining in the "feeding frenzy," and making the claim that the entire story is based on anonymous sources and one political blogger. (Amanda Coyne.)

Which is odd because Stelter later mentions the worker who "got fired for talking to ABC News" who we all know as Eric Thompson, and also claims that CNN has been reaching out to the Palins repeatedly and the family has refused to comment.

However he fails to report on exactly what Thompson said, which provided much of the detail that we know about the incident, or the fact that the APD confirmed that the brawl happened and that the Palins were present. (Which I guess means it would be too much to ask that THEY contact the APD to learn that the brawl is under investigation and now in the hands of the Municipal Prosecutor.)

This is an incredibly lazy attempt at spin, with Stelter essentially making the claim that since we have not seen pictures or video, and the Palins have not remarked on this, that there is really no story worth reporting.

Really? Well interestingly enough that is NOT the opinion of a number of prominent news sources, who have been incredibly fascinated with this tale, and who I believe will have much, much more to report on in the coming weeks.