Editorial: Media's Bias On Display In Hate Of Palin

IBD Editorial ^ | June 10, 2011 | Staff

[Kaslin]

'Journalism': The New York Times and Washington Post have asked their readers' help in scouring 24,000 emails from Sarah Palin's governorship, released Friday. They hate her — really hate her.

Imagine a newspaper in 2008 asking readers' help in perusing Barack Obama's emails as U.S. senator and Illinois state senator. Or for that matter, help in unearthing his college records. The howls from "mainstream" journalists and Democratic politicians would have been deafening.

But a private citizen conducting a bus tour across the country — Palin is not a candidate, let's not forget — is fair game for a mob witch hunt.

The Post told its readers "we're looking for some help ... to analyze, contextualize and research" Palin's emails, released after Freedom of Information Act requests, "right alongside Post reporters over the days following the release."

The paper asked for recruits for "100 spots for people who will work collaboratively in small teams to surface the most important information from the emails," open to anyone with an online computer.

As for the "Newspaper of Record," "Times reporters will be in Juneau, the state capital, to begin the process of reviewing the emails," the paper's "Caucus" blog said Thursday. "We're asking readers to help us identify interesting and newsworthy emails, people and events that we may want to highlight." A "simple form" was provided to readers to do so.

The twin anti-Palin projects are telling in a number of ways — with other papers, like the Los Angeles Times and Britain's Guardian, catching their own cases of Palin email fever.

[Robulus]

The hatred is demonic, the same seen for all things Israel.
Time is short, so demonic activity by the bloodthirsty against righteousness is everywhere and increasing.
Not particularly sophisticated, just true nevertheless.

[onevoter]

A ham sandwich could beat Obama, but that same ham sandwich will also be running against the media. Any person who runs against him in 2012 will suffer the same fate as Sarah Palin and, thus, will have to have a spotless record. The MSM wants Obama for a second term and will do everything in their power to ensure that he gets one. I, for one, admire anyone strong enough and determined enough to announce their candidacy because you can bet that the MSM will do all they can to put their career in tatters.

[steve8714]

That’s common with the 2-C.

[Mr. Peabody]

Thanks for the laugh!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thanks for post.

Great piece!

[ballplayer]

And Obama wants to Fund these Rags With Tax Payer Money no Less.
I think we Should Peruse all of the E-mails of the editors of the Times and the Post as well as Weiners e-mails for the past 10 years. How about MOO CHELS e-mails,I bet those would be interesting,inviting her Gang to stays in the White House and Trips aboard Air Force One to Africa

[ballplayer]

Heres Hoping the Public does what it was accused of Doing when Bill Clinton was being critcized By Rush Limbaugh everyday,and decides to support Sarah Palin BECAUSE of all the Criticisim .
ALL this is really over the top and Pretty soon even an idiot is going to question why someone who is suppposed to be so stupid and Incompetent attracts the Vitriol of all the SO CALLED experts with such a Pathological Fervor

[Kaslin]

Yeah, you know that gossip rag had also First Lady Laura bush divorcing President Bush