Unfortunately, Rolling Thunder got less coverage than any in recent years - and we’re talking about an event that CNN and CSPAN used to cover for hours, including the no name entertainment. This year, the coverage was mostly Palin and American Idol alumni.
I’m sure for whatever stringer got assigned her bus tour, it was a nightmare trying to cover what they presumed was a photo op or campaign.
I’m disinterested in Palin getting one over on the media, or playing the system, honestly. I don’t want the message to get lost.
Tell us all about your service in uniform.
One of the reasons for the lack of coverage was the fact that ALL cable networks covered the entire memorial service for the tornado victims in Missouri.
The message of the meaning of the day WAS NOT LOST!!! It was only lost for those that accepted the MSNBC type coverage of the event. MSNBC types hate Sarah Palin more than they respect the troops, so they had no problem trying to distort the message.
If indeed the main reason for the lack of coverage was due to the possibly over done coverage of the Missouri tornado victims memorial service, then I think that was a poor judgment call by the networks.
Many of them wanted to cover the filthy current President, more than they wanted to cover Rolling Thunder. Also they may have been afraid of positive coverage of Gov Palin.
CSPAN coverage was probably pulled because they did not want to cover Gov Palin, there was no reason for the in and out coverage that was impossible to catch on CSPAN. They were showing repeat broadcasts while they had a crew on the ground with a camera at Rolling Thunder.
The lack of coverage was not Sarah Palin`s fault!
I think she has a pretty good grasp of the message:
http://www.sarahpac.com/posts/roll-on-rolling-thunder