I don’t know.
I was watching CNN yesterday afternoon, when the announcer said something to the effect of Sarah Palin “Lashes out” at her detracters.
Her actual response was anything but lashing out. It was given in a calm, and reasonable manner, and certainly nothing that could remotely be called lashing out.
It’s like if you repeat something enough times, then people will believe it.
You had the Republican camp pointing fingers at each other, denying that they are pointing fingers at each other, fingers pointing and not pointing everywhere, and the press reporting on it to the exclusion of all else.