Posted on 09/12/2008 10:08:12 AM PDT by NewMediaFan
CBSNews.com: So you think the media is being uniquely tough on Palin now?
Mark Penn: Well, I think that the media is doing the kinds of stories on Palin that they're not doing on the other candidates. And that's going to subject them to people concluding that they're giving her a tougher time. Now, the media defense would be, "Yeah, we looked at these other candidates who have been in public life at an earlier time."
What happened here very clearly is that the controversy over Palin led to 37 million Americans tuning into a vice-presidential speech, something that is unprecedented, because they wanted to see for themselves. This is an election in which the voters are going to decide for themselves. The media has lost credibility with them.
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no arguments there
Penn was thrown under the bus a couple of months ago when he was alleged to have begged Hillary to go after Obama’s “foreigness”. I’m surprised he’s still around after that public disclosure.
And I think that that's a real problem growing out of this election. The media now, all of the media — not just Fox News, that was perceived as highly partisan — but all of the media is now being viewed as partisan in one way or another. And that is an unfortunate development.
Right, only Fox news was partisan. All the other networks were completely nonpartisan and offered fair and balanced reporting before this election.
The Republicans had Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. They never stood a chance. Had McCain picked Romney or Ridge, Obama would be cruising to an easy victory. I was saying for over a month before the convention that McCain would lose if he picked a white male as his running mate. Many FReepers disagreed with me. I also said McCain should pick Sarah Palin and again, many FReepers disagreed with me. What say ye now, all those who disagreed with me?
You were right, many freepers though did want Gov. palin for VP.
I like your tag line, except your are associating “bs” with Sarah Palin.
The BS was BEFORE Sarah.
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