Comments on: Palin: Hey, You Know Who Really Stinks? The Media!

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:56:59 +0000

If Palin had not blown key questions in nationally televised interviews that she freely consented to give, she might have had a valid point.

I guess she expected all journalists to toss softball lobs like the ones that she got from Sean Hannity!

By: DougL

DougL — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:16:33 +0000

Would that be this John Ziegler?

By: D. E.Rodriguez

D. E.Rodriguez — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:20:50 +0000

Maybe I am wrong, but I believe that news and cable organizations such as Fox are part of the media.

If that is so, perhaps we should also address, and have documentaries and exposes on the 24/7, wall-to-wall, "endless loop" Jeremiah Wright, et al. coverage by Fox intended to---and let me paraphrase here--"seek and destroy Barack Obama's candidacy because of what it is that he represents.”

And let's digress a whole seven years to the 24/7, wall-to-wall, endless loop coverage--character assassination is a better term--by Fox of a Democrat congressman in their "Where is Chandra Levy" crap that eventually cost an innocent man his career and his reputation.

Have they apologized yet?

Yes, I know this is off-topic. But if Fox is part of the "Media," then this needs to be said, as this is part of our sad history of demonizing those with whom we disagree poltically or philosophically.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:21:41 +0000

If by bringing her down, she means that the media did its job by exposing her as a candidate who was not qualified for the VP slot— yes they did!

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:40:28 +0000

"Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) believes that the media deliberately tried to bring her down during her vice presidential run."

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I almost forgot to thank them for that civic duty! Thank you media! I wonder if her base stops even for a minute to think what it would be like in these troubled times with "caribou barbie" at the helm?

*shudder*

Once again, thank you media! ; )

By: AshenShard

AshenShard — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:13:02 +0000

I think its almost a given now that Palin will run for the presidency in 2012, unless something happens between now and then, which explains her focus on the negative attention the media has given her, which in my opinion, is well deserved. I also think she is a complete idiot for continually attacking the media because it shows that she thinks that the media is her only major hurdle to being elected president. I would think she would have more to worry about those she'll face in the primary because they will have all the fodder from this election to throw at her and will likely be more adept at bringing the media to their side. Of course maybe she thinks she already has been crowned with the Republican nomination and doesn't have to worry about a primary challenge. In the end though, Palin needs positive media coverage if she wants to gain the support she needs to win, and expecting that support while constantly berating the media and outright demanding respect she has not earned is not going to help her image or the image the media presents.

By: greenschemes

greenschemes — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:05:56 +0000

As part of an interview with conservative filmmaker John Ziegler for his new film out this week, Palin said she believes the media made a decision that “we’re going to seek and we’re going to destroy this candidacy of Sarah Palin’s because of what it is that she represents.”

I agree 100 percent. However before all you lefties go apoplectic on me.

I believe the press to some degree and more notably the bloggers to a nth degree did the same thing to Clinton and Obama. It has become what they do. The press has it seems to me lost their way as they fill up their ranks with people with agendas and they compete with online media who seem to be the new darlings of the world.