A Review of ‘Bring Her Down: How the American Media Tried to Destroy Sarah Palin’

C4P ^ | July 02 2011 - 3:57 PM | Nicole Coulter

[curth]

Nothing is quite so damaging to the mainstream media as publishing their own words in context. In her new book, Bring Her Down: How the American Media Tried to Destroy Sarah Palin, conservative author and C4Per Gina Dalfonzo does just that – in chilling fashion.

Ever wanted to compare ABC News anchor Charles Gibson’s fawning interview with Obama to his condescending inquisition of Palin? Dalfonzo has it for you. Here’s a fair representation of the questions which Dalfonzo has in longer form … I can’t think of a better way to illustrate liberal media bias than this.

Gibson to Obama:

What are your feelings about winning the nomination? Has it sunk in yet?

What did your grandmother say?

Do you ever say to yourself: ‘Son of a gun, I’ve done this?’

Did you truly, in your gut, think that a black man could win the nomination of a major party to be president of the United States?

[...]

Gibson to Palin:

You in favor of putting Georgia and Ukraine into NATO?

And under the NATO treaty, wouldn’t we then have to go to war if Russian went into Georgia?

Let me turn to Iran. Do you consider a nuclear Iran to be a threat to Israel?

Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?

Aside from the strikingly different tone, notice all the open-ended questions to Obama, giving him a chance to speak in a relaxed, reflective manner. Nobody has a problem per se with the questions Gibson posed to Palin, aside from the false insinuation that there is actually one definitive Bush Doctrine, or when he took Palin’s prayer for the troops out of context to suggest she was a holy warrior. What was troubling is that Gibson showed far less concern about the worldview that had shaped the man running for president, than he did in quizzing Palin. Not once did Gibson ask Palin what her relatives thought of her historic nomination to the vice presidency. ABC also deliberately edited out key parts of Palin’s interview, where she elaborated on her foreign policy worldview. Dalfonzo has the edited vs. unedited transcript.

The beauty of what Dalfonzo has done is that she has taken the time to research all the hideous examples of media malpractice that we have encountered over the last three years, including the JournoList scandal, and the ridiculously unhinged coverage of Palin’s resignation. And she has put it into chronological order and context, attempting to explain why it happened. She has written the book I wish I had the patience to produce. I would have given up in despair after pouring through the unedited version of the six-hour Katie Couric interview. I probably would have broken out into a satiric fit.

Bring Her Down: How the American Media Tried to Destroy Sarah Palin should be required reading for any Palin supporter. It should be in your home or Kindle library as a reference and reminder of what the media is capable of doing. It’s a who’s who list of repeat offenders. While some of the stories will be familiar to anyone who has followed Governor Palin, the level of detail offered in the book is priceless. Even I was surprised by some of the background Dalfonzo digs up on the various Palin rumors such as Troopergate, Trig Trutherism, the “Kill Him” urban legend, the book banning myth, the wardrobe malfunction, and the creationism-abstinence-only lies.

I was especially touched by the chapter in which Dalfonzo documents the hateful comments by liberal women, and her effort to explain why Sarah Palin is such a threat to the liberal feminist establishment. She reminds us that liberals have always been about symbolism, and they rely on clueless Republicans to ignore symbolism. Dalfonzo adroitly points out how George W. Bush signed the partial-birth abortion ban surrounded by eight white men, the legislators who worked on the legislation. Unfortunately, the left was able to spin this until the cows came home – ignoring the substance and inherent decency of what Bush did, and focusing on the bad optics.

So when Sarah Palin came along with symbolism AND substance, the Left was apoplectic. They had no choice but to BRING HER DOWN. Of course, the left was aided and abetted by backstabbers within the Republican Party. Dalfonzo documents the “friendly fire” quite well also, as well as the despicable tactics of the Alaska Mafia, the bloggers who have been at the heart of nearly every false accusation against Governor Palin.

Gina Dalfonzo has added to the conservative canon with a well-researched history of media bias, illustrating how the growing confluence between news and entertainment served to create a caricature of a dynamic, young female leader. Fortunately, Dalfonzo also points the way to victory in 2012 … She reminds us that Sarah Palin has chosen to go around the corrupt media and take her message directly to the people.

Wouldn’t it be great if Sarah Palin could interview Charles Gibson right about now?

What are your feelings about becoming irrelevant?

Has it sunk in yet?

[jimfree]

I didn’t like Katie Couric’s treatment, but Charlie was a bonified dick.

[trebb]

FR posters and Libs agree so that means she cannot win. Lastly, she ‘clearly’ cannot win.

Besides, You can see Russia from Alaska; proof positive that she may not be a real citizen, but a "Manchurian" plant.....Oh, wait, we already got one of them.

The same insane dynamics that allowed the abomination of an Obama presidency are what we need to worry about - as you pointed out, even FR folks will take the bait and add to the insanity. God help us!

[central_va]

New word for the media: smeardia.

[central_va]

I hate the Media so much.

I hate the Media so much.

I hate the Media so much.

So do I.

So do I.

So do I.

[Lera]

I do not see a lot of Republicans defending her. Where’s the GOP?



They are busy trying to do everything they can to make sure she doesn't get the nomination because they are scared that if she becomes their boss they will get the boot too when she cleans house . They would rather keep their jobs and not be the party in power and to hell with what the people think.

[Vinnie]

Where’s the GOP?

They are absent even on issues they are for.
The GOP is always in a defensive position. Yesterday I heard Shumer rambling some drivel as to how the Repubs were going to kill women and children or some such.
Why can't the GOP get out in front of these issues?? Show the benefits of a piece of legislation instead of having to defend themselves from idiotic hyperbole.

I recently received my super secret numbered ballot from the RNC.
Asked push poll questions concerning issues. And , of course, ending with begging for a donation.

Diagonally across the return 'ballot' I wrote in 4" letters with a Sharpie.

PALIN.

[RonDog]

From: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2743145/posts

Post 12: To: onyx

Per Jack Wheeler, he has been told she will announce her candidacy on JULY 4TH.

[He had no way to confirm this, but that was what he was told by a close connection to Sarah.]

12 posted on Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:55:37 AM by shield (Rev 2:9 "Woe unto those who say they are Judah and are not, but are of the synaGOGue of Satan.")

If he's right, we will know soon!

From xfinitytv.comcast.net:

She did promise that if she ever announces that she’s running,
she’ll announce it first on this Anchorage morning show –
apparently the "The Bob and Mark Show" on KWHL-FM, "K-Whale."

From KWHL.com/airtimes_schedule: click here to LISTEN LIVE!

Monday Through Friday

5:35am

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10:00am

[Alaska time]

- Bob and Mark

And, to find out what time it is RIGHT NOW in Alaska, click here: www.timeanddate.com

Or, calculate the local time yourself from THIS CHART, posted on www.timetemperature.com:

[Peet]

Freedom_Is_Not_Free:

For years my brother alerted me to the bias in the media. I had a hard time seeing it. Even after I began to see it, I still had a hard time because they were so subtle and crafty in hiding it.

They aren’t subtle any more. They aren’t even trying to put up a pretense of objectivity anymore. They are transparent. Anybody who today can’t see the extreme left bias in the US media is willfully blind to it. No othe reason. None.

Back in 1964 I was hanging out with a guy who's family used to vacation on Cape Cod every summer. On their visits he and his brother would throw messages in bottles into the outgoing tide. One year they got a reply from someone in Spain and the local paper covered the story; pictures of the brothers, quotes, and all. They had clippings, of course.

A quote showed up in the published article that neither one of them had actually said -- an actual "quote" with those little " things at each end. Ever since hearing that, I assume that anything I read, hear, or see could be made up. Not necessarily "is," but very well "could."

[Jess79]

Apology accepted. I’m not trying to start a fight. You’re point is well-taken. I probably am expecting the GOP to be people of honor, which is my mistake. It’s also rather sad that we can’t expect that.

[Windflier]

Per Jack Wheeler, he has been told she will announce her candidacy on JULY 4TH.

[He had no way to confirm this, but that was what he was told by a close connection to Sarah.]

Well, that's less than 24 hours from now, so we'll soon see how accurate that rumor is.

My guess is that she won't announce before July 26, when the clock on those frivolous law suits finally runs out, and she may not even announce until Labor Day.

She's got lots of time. Seems there's a pressure building for her to jump in right now, but I believe she senses that it's still too early. The rest are all slugging it out, but I think she'd rather stay out until that brawl settles down.

When it does, there are going to be a bunch of unconscious bodies on the floor, with only a couple left standing. Sarah will be fresh to the fight, and they'll have little oomph left in them to challenge her.

Besides, who wants to campaign for 18 months? The length of presidential primaries is becoming ridiculous.

[RonDog]

My guess is that she won't announce before July 26, when the clock on those frivolous law suits finally runs out, and she may not even announce until Labor Day.

You may be correct.

Still, it's hard to beat the POWER of announcing on such a special day as the Fourth of July.

[Windflier]

You may be correct.

Still, it's hard to beat the POWER of announcing on such a special day as the Fourth of July.

True, true. I can hardly think of a better day, but I doubt that Sarah would be so bold as to upstage our nation's birthday party like that. Not her style.

I'd lean more toward September 12th, if she were going to pick a historically significant date that people resonate to.