Posted on 09/14/2008 12:44:31 PM PDT by NewMediaFan
Today, The New York Times leads with a smear piece entitled, "Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes." Likewise, today's Washington Post competes in the ever-further-downward spiral with its own hit piece, "As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin Cut Own Duties, Left Trail of Bad Blood." Cronyism, lashing out, cutting personal duties and a trail of blood.
NRO cites Jen Rubin's criticism of the NYT's hatched job, finding that the facts hardly warrant the egregious language and condemnatory tone of the article. The Post article supplies even less substance - by it's rationale, every elected official who fills a cabinet with trusted allies is guilty of front-page worthy scandal.
It bears mentioning that the media have allotted absolutely no time to investigating the myriad "scandals" of Obama and Biden. If the Democratic pair were subjected to the same standard of scrutiny, the front pages of every newspaper in America would run for a week in order to capture their many scandals.
The media hates Sarah Palin. They despise her for routing radical feminism, they curse her for boosting McCain in the polls and they condescend her for the conservatism she refuses to remit. They are willing to shamelessly degrade themselves without limit in order to lend support to the Democratic ticket. Today's leading Washington Post article on Obama, even as he rolls out ads which patently lie about McCain, is titled, "Obama Points to the Issues: Ignore Attacks, Democrat Implores."
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They didn’t make her, and they can’t break her!
The Media is having a frenzy unlike anything I’ve seen before. Whether McCain and Palin win the election or not - and, with the growing backlash, it’s looking better and better every day - never, never again will the MSM have any credibility.
Well, maybe some. No more than the Weekly World News had, though. :)
Is this the same Governor that has an 80% APPROVAL RATING?
It’s been a pathetic sight watching the media lately.
Hmmmmm... sounds a bit like Hillary, eh? and they LOVED Hillary! What politician in history didn't reward friends and punish foes to some degree? But nobody knows that kind of business like the Clinton's with their well known "Friends and Enemies List."
Its funny as all hell in a way...... in terms that they are litterally causing the OPPOSITE of what they want, the downfall of Sarah Palin, they are doing their DAMDEST to tear her up. They are instead creating the more honest impression that the Media is out of hand too far left, AND increasing support of Mccain Palin in the Polls! Their support is still going up, even as the media attacks are going up. Ergo.... the Media is causing their popularity to go up! THAT is funny.
After the Edwards expose, National Enquirer has more credibility.
Another knife in the back.
People can live with out the Big Three Networks.
People get by fine without their leftist rag.
People stop going to Hollyweird movies.
People are writing their own news on the Internet.
Where do overpaid, bitter, unskilled delusional leftist media has-beens go? We are getting down to 'break out the gasoline Jerry Cans and the Walther .380' at the MSM media bunker now.
Maybe some Putin coatholder will buy up the MSM and finance really good leftist drivel.
The media is in a catch 22, report fairly and watch 0bama lose by a landslide. Or keep up the viscous attacks and make Palin(a real scandal not a made up one) scandal proof and then lose by a landslide.
Yup.
WWN had some of the finest investigative reporting on the planet. -Bat Boy
I can’t believe I’m quoting Susan Estrich, but she was on Fox earlier today and said the negative MSM attacks are probably adding to Palin and McCain’s poll numbers. (they also used a quote from a Hillary campaign guy who basically said the same thing.)
Estrich said when women hear the tone used by Charlie Gibson against Palin (and then she comment, we (women) have all heard that tone at one point or another in our lives...which I think is probably true), even though they might not agree with her policies, they will vote for her because they know she is being the object of sexism.
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