CNN's Drew Griffin was interviewing Sarah Palin today -- yes, Palin's doing interviews (in fact, more interviews than any of the other three candidates) -- when he decided to ask this question:

CNN: Yeah. Governor, you've been mocked in the press. The press has been pretty hard on you, the Democrats have been pretty hard on you, but also some conservatives have been pretty hard on you as well. The National Review had a story saying that, you know, I can't tell if Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt or all of the above.

Palin: Who wrote that one?

CNN: That was in the National Review, I don't, have the author.

Palin: I'd like to talk to that person.

CNN: But they were talking about the fact that your experience as governor is not getting out. Do you feel trapped in this campaign, that your message is not getting out, and if so who do you blame?

You're probably asking yourself: "Who at National Review wrote that?"

Answer: No one.

"What was Griffin talking about then?"

Well, it looks like it was an article that Byron York helpfully puts in context here.

Watching press coverage of the Republican candidate for vice president, it's sometimes hard to decide whether Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, backward, or — or, well, all of the above.

Yes, a criticism of press coverage is twisted into an attack on Palin.

We will await a correction and apology from Griffin.

Media. Wound. Self-inflicted.

UPDATE!

CNN has issued what I like to call a non-correction correction.