Wednesday, February 02, 2011
"The War Against Palin Goes On and On and …"
Unless you've been on another planet, you probably know how the media treats Sarah Palin.
It's outrageous, mostly unfair, and usually inaccurate, not to mention that certain others say/do much worse without criticism...
It's outrageous, mostly unfair, and usually inaccurate, not to mention that certain others say/do much worse without criticism...
Victor Davis Hanson recently pointed out the media's sloppiness and bias in an article at PajamasMedia.com:
"So much for the new Obama age of civility.
Palin This, Palin That
In this context, since the moment of the Tucson shootings we have witnessed not just a campaign to smear Sarah Palin with the charge that she, or what she supposedly represents, is responsible for the mayhem, but that her rebuttals themselves are more proof that she is culpable.
Op-ed writers all the time employ the metaphor 'crosshairs.' Democrats use targets to highlight their plans to unseat congressional Republicans. “Blood libel” long ago became a generic charge far more than a specific one reflecting its anti-Semitic roots. No matter — if Palin can be tied to any of that, then she alone is guilty of all that. So what is it that so bugs the media elite about Sarah Palin?"
