Palin, the press, and her pregnancy

[Nonno]

Media Matters - Palin, the press, and her pregnancy

"Sarah Palin emerged as a media critic last week when she sat down with a conservative filmmaker to critique the press coverage she received during the fall campaign. As somebody who withstood the unique scrutiny that general elections generate, Palin certainly deserves to air her complaints. And if they're legitimate ones, the press ought to give them a serious hearing. But Palin needs to be more accurate in her appraisals, because regarding one key media controversy from the campaign, she did more media revising last week than media critiquing.

In the interview segment posted at YouTube, Palin was quite critical of the nasty conspiracy theory that was floated online right after she was tapped as Sen. John McCain's running mate. The rumor claimed that Palin was not really the mother of her newborn son Trig, but that her high school daughter, Bristol, was actually the mother and that Sarah Palin had "faked" the pregnancy to cover for Bristol. Palin claims the media picked up the rumor from liberal bloggers and then ran with it.

That Palin's still steaming about the episode is not surprising. Lots of people both online and off, and from the right and the left, considered the fake pregnancy story to be one of the low points in the campaign. Unfortunately, in her role as press critic, Palin misremembers the media's role. Or she's consciously trying to rewrite history.

Because the simple fact is the mainstream media did not spread the pregnancy story. Nor, contrary to Palin's accusation, were liberal bloggers responsible for it. Most A-list bloggers actively avoided the story, and some online writers even publicly decried the rumor when it first surfaced. It was actually some over-eager diarists (i.e. blog readers who are free to write pretty much whatever they want online) who helped hatch and amplify the story. And it was one high-profile mainstream blogger, from outside the liberal netroots community, who stepped forward to promote it. "

Governor Palin, would you like some cheese with that whine?

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Originally Posted by Nonno

Because the simple fact is the mainstream media did not spread the pregnancy story. Nor, contrary to Palin's accusation, were liberal bloggers responsible for it. Most A-list bloggers actively avoided the story, and some online writers even publicly decried the rumor when it first surfaced. It was actually some over-eager diarists (i.e. blog readers who are free to write pretty much whatever they want online) who helped hatch and amplify the story. And it was one high-profile mainstream blogger, from outside the liberal netroots community, who stepped forward to promote it. "

So it was actually weasley little bastards like you two.
Good to know

[Nonno]

Originally Posted by aps45819

So it was actually weasley little bastards like you two. Good to know

"Only after Republicans threw a spotlight onto the online conspiracy theory did the press make references to it."

Looks like it was GOOPERS who spread it around!

[This_person]

Originally Posted by Nonno

"Only after Republicans threw a spotlight onto the online conspiracy theory did the press make references to it."

Looks like it was GOOPERS who spread it around!

That makes sense....

Weasel 1: She wasn't really pregnant!!

Weasel 2: That's right, it was her daughter who had the baby!!

Weasel 3: She's lying!! She's lying to cover up her daugher!!

Realist: Do you believe these weasels, press?

Press: Realists are questioning the weasels' assertions against Palin....


Weasel 1, 2, 3: It's the "Goopers'" fault for anyone knowing what we're saying!!!!

Originally Posted by This_person

That makes sense....

Weasel 1: She wasn't really pregnant!!

Weasel 2: That's right, it was her daughter who had the baby!!

Weasel 3: She's lying!! She's lying to cover up her daugher!!

Realist: Do you believe these weasels, press?

Press: Realists are questioning the weasels' assertions against Palin....


Weasel 1, 2, 3: It's the "Goopers'" fault for anyone knowing what we're saying!!!!

Yeah, something like that.

But you've got to admit, Mrs. Palin does look like a sour grapes crybaby when she whines about the media spreading around a rumor that is only believed by the outer fringes of The Democrat Party. The press, numerous times, said it's the Governor's kid and these are just far-left psychos making #### up.

Again, does she need some cheese with her whine?

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by Beaver-Cleaver

Governor Palin, would you like some cheese with that whine?

Yeahyeahyeah, Spike! Looka me, Spike! I'm with you, Spike! Tell 'em, Spike! Wanna play ball, Spike? Cause you and me is pals, right, Spike?

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Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Yeahyeahyeah, Spike! Looka me, Spike! I'm with you, Spike! Tell 'em, Spike! Wanna play ball, Spike? Cause you and me is pals, right, Spike?

LMAO!!!

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Originally Posted by Beaver-Cleaver

But you've got to admit, Mrs. Palin does look like a sour grapes crybaby when she whines about the media spreading around a rumor that is only believed by the outer fringes of The Republican Party.

Why do some many people still believe she said that she could see Russia from her bedroom window?

[Sonsie]

Originally Posted by Nonno

"Only after Republicans threw a spotlight onto the online conspiracy theory did the press make references to it."

Looks like it was GOOPERS who spread it around!

Actually the lead idiot was a leading lefty blogger by the name of Andrew Sullivan who blogs on the Atlantic Magazine website. He was still yapping about the "conspiracy" in December well after the election.