When to draw the line
October 28, 2010
theincisivereporter
Tags: Sarah Palin, us weekly, when to draw the line
On September 2, 2008, the magazine shows a picture of Palin with the headline, “Babies, Lies & Scandal” — a marked contrast from its gushing review of Barack and Michelle Obama that ran two months ago.
Rumors about Palin’s personal life and public record have been swirling since John McCain named her to be his running mate last week. The hysterical attacks on Sarah Palin have increased to the point where even Barack Obama declared that attacks on someone’s children are out of bounds.
On MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, said he was “stunned” by the focus on Bristol Palin “when there’s been an unwritten code that kids are off-limits.” What initially amounted to tabloid rumors began to hit the news wires such as MSNBC and CNN. First, it was that Palin’s Down syndrome child Trig was not Palin’s child at all, and that he in fact was born to Palin’s 17-year-old daughter.
US weekly dredged up a story about Palin’s husband having a DUI some 20 years ago. In addition, The National Enquirer printed a story alleging marital infidelity, which the McCain campaign threatened to sue.
Whether consciously or unconsciously the media according to Fox News writer Jana Winter “repeats or raises false concern over an issue and it is likely to be planted in the conscious/subconscious of many voters.” This whole Sarah Palin firing scandal is just beyond ridiculous.Acc to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee “the reporting of the past few days has proved tackier than a costume change at a Madonna concert.”The media doesn’t know when to draw the line and will try to destroy people’s families just for a story.
“There is a little bit of disappointment in my heart about the world of journalism today,” Palin said.
NBC News President Steve Capus said. “These terms get thrown around in an awfully cavalier way, and they’re incredibly damaging. We’re in the business where words matter, and those are awfully, awfully strong accusations.”
Regardless of the validity of the criticism, seeing Palin being attacked so aggressively in public strips her of her who she is as a human being, a mother and a wife.
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