I suggest watching the interview closely. To me, it looks like in the question before the newspaper one, both Palin and Couric were both smiling and and walking along. As Couric starts to ask the newspaper question, it looks like they may have walked a little further and stopped and the demeanor and obht women’s faces have changed. Not only are the smiles gone but Sarah Palin looks like she’s already annoyed. Was there an edited gap in there and, if so, what was it and why did it change the emotional dynamic of the interview.
As for the question itself, it’s an urban liberal question that can easily be answered by any Democrat (all they have to do is name their local left-wing urban paper) but it’s a mine-field for conservatives. For eample, if Palin had mentioned the Anchorage Daily News, she might have stepped in to a follow up about that paper not endorsing her, for example, or that paper’s provincialness.
I suggest watching the interview closely. To me, it looks like in the question before the newspaper one, both Palin and Couric were both smiling and and walking along. As Couric starts to ask the newspaper question, it looks like they may have walked a little further and stopped and the demeanor and obht women’s faces have changed. Not only are the smiles gone but Sarah Palin looks like she’s already annoyed. Was there an edited gap in there and, if so, what was it and why did it change the emotional dynamic of the interview.
As for the question itself, it’s an urban liberal question that can easily be answered by any Democrat (all they have to do is name their local left-wing urban paper) but it’s a mine-field for conservatives. For eample, if Palin had mentioned the Anchorage Daily News, she might have stepped in to a follow up about that paper not endorsing her, for example, or that paper’s provincialness.
Excellent points.