In the “Revere Statement” followup, Sarah whined that “What have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take away from your visit?” was a “gotcha” question. Can it conceivably be?
Find the full Palin quote where she complained, if you wish to prove some kind of point.
I think it was a gotcha question because those asking the questions were engaging in what is called gotcha journalism. You were not with Sarah that week of her “One Nation” bus tour. That mob was hell bent in getting Sarah to contradict herself or say something that will prove to be self damaging. The way they went with the Paul Revere thing was classic gotcha journalism. The problem was what Sarah said about the historical event was accurate, even though she allowed only a few seconds to express her thoughts in as brief of an exchange as possible.
Finally, Sarah Palin does have a degree in journalism. She knows the journalism playbook. To you the question did not seem like a “gotcha question.” To Sarah, such was a textbook case of a “gotcha question,” and that mob of journalist were engaged in gotcha journalism in the classic case.
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