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Washington Post Organizes News Boycott of Sarah Palin; Starts Twitter Campaign Against GOP Star
Big Journalism ^ | 1/22/11 | Kristinn Taylor; Andrea Shea King

Posted on 01/22/2011 6:05:07 AM PST by Lakeshark

The Washington Post is engaging in online political activism by encouraging its readers to boycott news coverage of Sarah Palin.

The Post has picked up the call initiated this morning by Post columnist Dana Milbank, adding a Twitter link on the column page. The link generates a message to be sent from a Twitter member’s page that reads, “I’m making February a Palin-free month. Will you join me?”

The Post added the Twitter link to Milbank’s column this afternoon, several hours after running and pulling a Washington Post online poll about boycotting Sarah Palin news coverage. The poll initially accompanied The Post’s Milbank op-ed but was pulled within hours of publication at WashingtonPost.com.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: danamilbank; mediabias; milbank; msm; palin; pds; wapo; washingtonpost4dnc; washingtonpost4obama; washingtonpostbias; washingtonpostflack; washingtonpostpds; washingtonpostprrep
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To: Lakeshark

The Washington Post?? What does that look like?


21 posted on 01/22/2011 6:23:04 AM PST by Moorings
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To: Lakeshark

What’s new? Sarah should just go on like Bush did.


22 posted on 01/22/2011 6:23:38 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: hennie pennie

I say we send Dana an email everyday saying Go Sarah. Bombard him.


23 posted on 01/22/2011 6:23:49 AM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: Lakeshark

LOL! In order to not think about Sarah Palin, aren’t they thinking about her?

“Hey, I don’t want to imaging a charging mama grizzly in the room. Do not imaging a charging mama grizzly in the room. Ready....set...and....now! Don’t imaging it.”


24 posted on 01/22/2011 6:24:55 AM PST by InternetTuffGuy
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To: Lakeshark
This week Chris Matthews called for the assasination of all conservative Congressmen.


25 posted on 01/22/2011 6:25:46 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic is on Kindle now)
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To: indylindy

I’ll bet Palin is happy about that, no more lies printed about her and the 12 readers the paper has can boycott it..


26 posted on 01/22/2011 6:26:31 AM PST by goat granny
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To: InternetTuffGuy

“imagine” oy!


27 posted on 01/22/2011 6:26:31 AM PST by InternetTuffGuy
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To: Lakeshark

Tweets for twits. You can’t make this stuff up!


28 posted on 01/22/2011 6:29:15 AM PST by MestaMachine (Sarah-If she runs, WE will win!)
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To: Lakeshark

So, the question is...if the WP blacklists Governor Palin from their news stories...will anyone notice?


29 posted on 01/22/2011 6:29:29 AM PST by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: Lakeshark

I doubt it last that long. Maybe an hour at the most.


30 posted on 01/22/2011 6:29:50 AM PST by Clyde5445 (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: Lakeshark

Howsabouts a Dana Milbank Free Forever? Perhaps spread the joy and include Gene Robinson. They both can go edit HOA newsletters.
Genuine journalists such as Krauthammer and Will should cease their affiliation with the post.


31 posted on 01/22/2011 6:36:09 AM PST by Huaynero
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To: Lakeshark
The Washington Post is engaging in online political activism by encouraging its readers to boycott news coverage of Sarah Palin.

LOL This is a little like asking crack addicts to boycott crack dealers.
32 posted on 01/22/2011 6:36:26 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Lakeshark
All of these liberal state run media outlets would make Joseph Goebles so proud. The Kenyan is smiling all the way to becoming the new world DICTATOR with the help of our liberal run media.


MAKING CONSERVATISIM ILLEGAL IS THE NEW THEME OF 2012.
33 posted on 01/22/2011 6:36:41 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Lakeshark

This will probably go off about as well as when all those D-List celebs were trying to raise funds for AIDS research.


34 posted on 01/22/2011 6:37:13 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Lakeshark

A “Palin Free” month, huh?

This is dangerous hate speech.

What if a left wing nut wants to help make the USA “Palin Free”, if a journalist from a major newspaper thinks “Palin Free” is a good idea than this Palin woman must be dangerous.

As Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would say, this is a “code word”. Instead of saying Kill Sarah Palin, they say let’s make in “Palin Free”.

I think we start needing to lock up these purveryors of violent rhetoric, I’ll be the judge, this one’s guilty, NEXT!


35 posted on 01/22/2011 6:37:33 AM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: Lakeshark

They should run stories about Obammy-Giffords 24/7.


36 posted on 01/22/2011 6:39:19 AM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: Lakeshark

a NEWSpaper wants to boycott NEWS?

Yeah...

They lost credibility for me long ago but this realoly should do it for the rest of the public.

Sarah should go on a BLITZKRIEG! Oh... sorry...too offensive!


37 posted on 01/22/2011 6:39:35 AM PST by Castigar
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To: Lakeshark

Isn’t this the kind of stuff that used to happen to the prettiest, most popular girl in class, back in High School?


38 posted on 01/22/2011 6:40:07 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Clyde5445
I doubt it last that long. Maybe an hour at the most.

Rush challenged MSNBS to go a week without mentioning his name. I think they failed within an hour as well.

39 posted on 01/22/2011 6:40:09 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Wpin
So, the question is...if the WP blacklists Governor Palin from their news stories...will anyone notice?

The libs will go stark raving mad without their anti-Palin stories, I mean, what would get them out of bed in the morning? More people are going to notice when the Post can't help themselves, that the addiction was too hard to beat........

40 posted on 01/22/2011 6:42:20 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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