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September 03, 2008
The Press Assault on Palin
I've been hard on the folks at the Corner lately, but the full-court attack of Sarah Palin seems to have set them on fire.
I have always tended to think that conservative complaints about the media are a little exaggerated. There are occasionally obvious instances of bias and clear examples of a double standard, but most reporters don’t want to fall into those and some conservatives are surely too sensitive to them. But this week has changed my view. I have never seen, and I admit that I could never have imagined, such shameful, out-of-control, frenzied, angry, condescending, and pathetic journalistic malpractice. The ignorant assault on Palin’s accomplishments and experience, the breathless careless airing of deranged rumors about her private life, the staggeringly indecent mistreatment of her teenage daughter in a difficult time, the ill-informed piling on about the vetting process, the self-intensifying circle of tisking nodding heads utterly detached from a straightforward political event, have been amazing and eye-opening.Agreed. The behavior of the press has been appalling. Beyond appalling, really. At this point, they're basically throwing everything they can at Palin and her family.
You've got to wonder why they're so scared of her.
Across the conservative internet, anger at the media is real and growing. In fact, media attacks on Palin and her family have done what I once thought impossible - they've drawn the base close to John McCain and made conservatives like me look forward to voting for him.
Posted by slublog at September 3, 2008 08:41 PM
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I used to think I'm subjective on the point of politics. It was all surreal to me, different parties whoring themselves to each their own.
Yet, I haven't seen such vehemently spiteful commentary as I have recently from the left side of things.
It's almost childish, let his actions and promises speak for themselves.
they aren't doing him any favors by smearing the opposition.
let him run on his own laurels
Posted by: coldmexican at September 3, 2008 10:20 PM