You know, I think this was intended to be an attack on The New York Times. The skit didn’t say that Todd Palin. Rather it said that a typical left-wing, Palin-hating New York Times reporter was willing to come up with a dirty smear on no evidence at all.
That’s the LOGICAL interpretation of the skit. But I think that people are right to get angry anyway, because this stuff is just too dirty and disgusting to be laughed about on a “comedy show,” unless they get a lot more specific about who is to blame. It’s too disgusting to be on the air AT ALL.
Would they run a skit about Obama raping his daughters? I think not. Would they run a skit about the Right Wing Press accusing Obama of raping his daughters? I think not, because what few conservative news sources there are do not go in for that kind of dirty, disgusting lies.
The problem is that this whole business is so damned disgusting, these left-wing lies and slanders are so damned disgusting, that they hardly bear being talked about. Certainly not in a skit where it isn’t really clear who is being insulted and slimed—the Palins, or the New York Times.
I agree the skit was still tacky, but I won’t protest a point I agree with even if the way was a bit gross.
The skit was great to show the NYT bias.
I see it as an attack on Palin masquerading as a critique of the liberal media. Tarring both with a broad brush. As others mention, would this skit have ever seen the light of day if “nutty right wing bloggers” were accusing Obama of raping his daughters?
Uhhmmm..... no.