Fey's Palin parodies change political landscape (so when will the Obama parodies become OK?)

Denver Post ^ | 10/11/08 | Mario Correa

[peeps36]

The mainstream media has absolutely no credibility with a large number of Americans. We might be electing a president this November but we will also find out if the media has any control over voters. If Obama loses it will prove that the mainstream media is as dead as Katie Couric’s brain. We can kill two filthy birds with one stone by defeating Big Ay-ears Obama.

[worst-case scenario]

Fred Armiston does a wicked Obama parody on SNL. It just doesn’t seem to have gotten as many laughs as Fey’s Palin for some reason. But I don’t think it’s fair to say that they haven’t parodied him.

They do try to be equal-opportunity satirists. That bit with the Pelosi/Frank press conference was pretty spot-on and funny.

[R0CK3T]

Look at Sabato’s comment and then rethink that segment.

“Once we got permission from ‘Saturday Night Live’ to laugh about Palin, it really just opened the door to the torrent of criticism that was behind it.”

Up until that point, says Sabato (who teaches at the University of Virginia but isn't sure whether Fey, a 1992 grad, ever took his class), the media was too cowed by Palin’s gender and by the fervor of her supporters to poke much at her then little-known record.

So will this piece REALLY “open the door to the torrent of criticism that was behind it.”

No chance, in fact, with the the comments of Lewis proclaiming that torrent of criticizing being racist on par with that of Gov Wallace the press won't enter down that path for fear of being tainted with the radioactivity of being a “Racist” themselves.

Obama's approval of the ultra hyperbolic charges put forward by Rep Lewis have essentially “drawn a line in the sand” laying out in "code" that anyone offering such claims will also be subject to “being labeled as RACISTS if you criticize Obama".

Its not about the humor, its about the idea that its humorous and discussion provoking on one side of the Politically Correct line, and unimportant attacks of racism on the other.

[gogov]

[guido911]

well said.