Here’s their headline:

Team McCain and the Trooper Nominee’s ally moves to curb probe of Palin

Yes, an ally of Senator McCain, John Coghill, the GOP chairman of the state House Rules Committee, is trying to pull the investigation headed by Democrat Hollis French. What Newsweek fails to mention, however is that French is an ally of the Obama campaign. Media Blog links to the French-Obama connection can be found here.

What is interesting is that French is admitting his mistakes in the probe:

French today acknowledged that some of his public comments about the ongoing probe may have been out of bounds. “I said some things I shouldn’t have said,” he told NEWSWEEK. But he insisted he had no intention of stepping down because the investigation was really being conducted by Steve Branchflower, a retired state prosecutor who was hired as the special counsel in the probe. French also said today he had moved up the deadline for Branchflower to produce his report. Although it was originally due Oct. 31, the Friday before the election, it will now be completed Oct. 10-in order to be “as far away from the election” as possible.

But since Newsweek failed to highlight the actual connection between Obama and French, the above paragraph lacks a true description of what exactly French has done in an effort to derail the McCain/Palin ticket. ”Out of bounds,” in light of the facts, is quite an understatement.