Posted by John Keller
Yeah, I know. We're all sick of hearing claims of media bias when it comes to Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin. I'm starting to get my fill of it, too -- and by way of full disclosure, I'm a big Sarah Palin supporter.
I'm not getting too worked up about bias involving Gov. Sarah Palin. First, the media are defeating themselves by showing their hands. Credibility in the media, in general, is at historic lows, and I have a suspicion we are seeing the last gasps of this dinosaur we've come to know as the mainstream media. Besides, taking shots just makes people like her more.
Some of the attention Palin has been getting lately is just downright funny, no matter your political persuasion. Did you see Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live last night? I think the SNL Palin portrayal was spot-on. Take a look below if you don't believe me. Global warming "is just God huggin' us closer." Let's vote right now.
I have a feeling, however, that attacks on Sarah Palin from the national press are going to start dwindling out, particularly if the McCain-Palin ticket keeps rising in the polls. Folks in the press aren't stupid, really (just STOP that now!). They know that if McCain wins, they'll need access to Palin for their stories after 4 Nov.
I'm guessing that Palin's people are keeping score; she's flexing that velvet-gloved mailed fist, and the worst offenders in the media risk getting themselves frozen out -- at least for a time -- if Palin takes office as vice president.
No one in the national press wants to be in Vice President Palin's doghouse for long. Those folks will watch the polls and keep their fingers in the wind; if they see the Obama-Biden ticket on a long downward slide, then almost overnight look to see the national press as Palin's best friends.
It's funny how things work. Press bias is temporary. Keeping themselves in the game is forever.
You're out of your mind. Did you complain against the percieved media bias against Hillary Clinton when she ran in the primary. I think not. Palin said Clinton was whining at the time. The media is just doing the vetting that McCain should have done. Quit your whining. Let's face it if she can't handle the scrutiny how is she going to handle dealing with world leaders who denegrate her because of her gender. Grow up and face the fact that she is a political lightweight and was picked to placate the far right political base. She is nowhere near qualified for the 2nd highest job in the US gavernment.
ReplyDeleteMedia bias is not critizing it is trying to destroy a person they believe to be threat to their agenda. We no longer have reporting by the media. What we have is editorializing their agenda in an attempt to meet their personal vision. I believe the media today is afraid of Gov. Palin. If they do not like for fear she might get the 3 AM call they should really be afraid of the other side at 3 AM.
ReplyDeleteSome of us are not sick of the continued claims of media bias against Republicans because these claims are true.
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't be so bad if they admitted it. Almost everyone has some source of bias, but the trick is to master it so that no one can tell what it is by your actions and statements. This is impossible for Old Media journalists, who blatantly skew their coverage and then vehemently deny skewing it.
If they admitted their partisan nature, then the public could decide for themselves whether to continue to receive news from such sources. By denying it, the Old Media continues to (try to) pull the wool over the public's eyes. And some folks, regrettably, are duped.
Dr J