Correction, Oct. 19, 2012: The New York Times subsequently reported that the “Jeanane Wilson” interviewed in this story was not an undecided Iowa voter but in fact the lead character in a mockumentary about the presidential campaign that was being shot in Iowa at the time. “Jeanane Wilson” was portrayed by a 48-year-old actress named Jane Edith Wilson who lives in Los Angeles, according to the Times. The incident Wilson describes with Mitt Romney did occur and was captured on video, but Wilson did not divulge her true identity and remained in character during the interview with TPM. In short, we were duped. In the interest of transparency, here is the original version of the story:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=102890