Tag Archives: Sarah Palin

News on Female Pols 'Insulting, Irrelevant… Drivel'

Posted on 07/10/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Jennifer L. Pozner has a version of her new NPR commentary on the Women In Media & News website she founded (7/8/09), in which she asks you to "think carefully: Can you remember any passionate TV news debates about whether … Continue reading →

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Right Media Darlings as Racist Double Murderers

Posted on 06/23/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

A posting on Timothy Karr's Media Citizen blog (6/17/09) contrasts Crooks & Liars' collection of cable news pundits like Lou Dobbs and Bill O'Reilly likening the anti-immigrant Minutemen to a giant, friendly "neighborhood watch" organization with the "chilling double-murder" Minutemen … Continue reading →

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The 'Serious Journalistic Conflicts' of Fox's Van Susteren

Posted on 04/01/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Blogging on "Greta Van Susteren's defensive response" to reports "saying that one of the reasons that Sarah Palin has been caught up in a 'series of public relations gaffes' is because she is 'taking advice from Greta and her husband,'" … Continue reading →

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Fox News and Sarah Palin, Like Family. . . Really

Posted on 03/20/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Upon seeing that, "on her show Tuesday night, Fox News' Greta Van Susteren devoted an entire segment to criticizing David Letterman" for having "made jokes about Sarah Palin and her family," Political Animal blogger Steve Benen (3/19/09) notices that there … Continue reading →

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If There's One Thing They Can't Stand, It's Disarming Candor

Posted on 11/13/2008 by Jim Naureckas

The "media bias" against Sarah Palin is a key ingredient of the conservative victimology of 2008, even though when you see negative reports about Palin these days, they're generally sourced to her erstwhile Republican colleagues–and corporate media sometimes go to … Continue reading →

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The Hazards of Reporting on Palin Rallies

Posted on 10/18/2008 by Jim Naureckas

Via TPM, we read about a reporter (Capital Beat, 10/16/08) who got knocked down at a Sarah Palin rally in North Carolina because he tried to interview an Obama supporter. This seems like the natural progression from the earlier report … Continue reading →

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Palin Smiles, Winks – Pundit 'Mesmerized'

Posted on 10/09/2008 by Gabriel Voiles

Any lingering hope you may have harbored for corporate pundits to rise above their infatuation with John McCain running mate Sarah Palin will surely be dashed by Rich Lowry's titillated take (National Review Online, 10/3/08) on her debate performance–quoted in … Continue reading →

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Pundit Projection Syndrome

Posted on 10/07/2008 by Steve Rendall

The affliction that causes national political commentators to project their own perceptions onto the public– let's call it Pundit Projection Syndrome–is affecting David Gregory's ability to come to grips with the fact that the public just wasn't as into John … Continue reading →

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