Rush is wrong the media did effectively destroy Palin as a political force.
They did a lot of damage to Gov. Palin, but she still has a lot of followers and is a political force. Ted Cruz sought and got her endorsement when running for the Senate as did dozens of others... So no the media did lots of damage, but they didn't successfully destroy her.
With the help of conservatives they destroyed Palin. I’ve never forgiven Krauthammer for his attacks on this wonderful lady; and there are some people right here - maybe some of the Never Trumpers/Cruzites - who had it in for her too. We can only destroy ourselves in politics, the media cannot destroy us.