CBS Blasts Palin in Ridiculous ‘Scandal’ Segment

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Recent earthquake activity in Alaska provided “CBS Early Show” co-hosts with a ready-made metaphor for a segment on the personal lives of some of the those surrounding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. But their quake turned out to be barely a ripple.

Hosts Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez couldn’t contain their smirks as they introduced the piece. “There's been an earthquake rumbling outside Anchorage, but there is some other rumblings, as well, near Wasilla,” Smith snickered. “Oh, indeed,” Rodriguez chimed in with her eyebrows raised. “Sarah Palin says that she is focused on one thing, governing Alaska. But it has been hard to dodge the negative headlines swirling around her friends and family. Some real doozies.”

Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin’s ex fiancée and father of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s grandson, was interviewed on the Tyra Banks show. Questioned by Banks, Johnston said “I’m pretty sure she [Gov. Palin] probably knew” he and Bristol were sexually active.” Then (perhaps momentarily forgetting that there was living proof to the contrary) he tried to maintain that the two had “always” practiced safe sex. After several prompts from Banks, he reluctantly admitted it was only “most of the time.”

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To “Early Show” reporter Hattie Kaufman the teenager’s alternately uncertain and untrue statements were enough to launch a further assault on the liberal media’s favorite target: former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

“The second piece of bad news also hit close to home,” Kauffman said. “Here in Wasilla, Sarah Palin’s sister-in-law was arrested and charged with felony burglary.” Kauffman’s “exclusive interview” with the burglary victim revealed that Palin’s relative was the “coolest woman you’ve ever saw in your life.”  Kauffman didn’t elaborate on who the sister-in-law is or how close or distant her personal relationship with the governor may be.

“Add to the personal drama, a political hit from John McCain,” Kauffman fretted. “Palin's former running mate hedged on endorsing her in 2012. But with an approval rating over 60 percent here, Sarah Palin is not out in the cold.”

That last sentence was a half-hearted effort to save the segment from total negative bias against Palin and her family. The bias is hardly surprising. As the Culture and Media institute chronicled in a Special Report, the Palin withstood a fierce assault from the media during the 2008 presidential campaign.

“Never seems to end, huh guys?” Rodriguez said to her grinning colleagues at the close of the segment.

Let’s see: a slimy interview with a confused and untruthful adolescent; a chance to link Palin to a criminal; and the non-endorsement of a notoriously inconstant “maverick” politician. What never seem to end are the many, sleazy and ridiculous attacks on Sarah Palin.


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They don't have the guts to

They don't have the guts to bring up Biden's cocaine snorting daughter or even Edwards new son. But these Obama tools cannot let Palin rest for even a minute. One day, I am hoping, they will actually report news before their boss claims bankruptcy. 

"DumbAssity of Dope"

Yeah, NOTHING on Biden's

Yeah, NOTHING on Biden's crackhead daughter, but one cellphone photo (not even video) of All-American hero Phelps with a bong surfaces and he gets crucified and has to spend two weeks apologizing on every friggin possible outlet, loses sponsors, etc etc.

That's fair. 

No sh)t

Apparently only certain families are out of bounds.

Those people are despicable.

 

Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.

Tabloid trash

Really, who cares?

I wonder what Uncle Walter thinks of such stellar journalism?

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

"untruthful adolescent"? just because he is against palin

 

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Daniel, it is quite obvious that when you have an axe to grind

you do exactly what he is doing.  He is taking the low road and making accusations to embarass the Palins.  Showing up on tyra should have been your first clue. 

CBS using any clips from such a trashy tabloid show like tyra illustrates just how far the networks will go to denigrate those they want to discredit.

The MM's level of journalism and tabloid shows have long been on equal footing. Now they openly reference each other as sources. 

 

Just think if Palin had her

Just think if Palin had her "favorite" aunt living in the U.S. ILLEGALLY, sucking up tax payer dollars. 

Or if Palin had a half brother living in absolute poverty that she never sent a red cent to, when $300 could have set him up for life.  All this while Palin was campaigning that she was her brother's keeper.

Or if Palin's pastor of 20 years routinely spewed some of the most vile and hateful "sermons" one has ever heard.

Or if Sarah's husband said that for the first time in his life, he was proud of the United States.

Then I guess she could have gotten a pass from the MSM.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachment vote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

I have to...

I have to stay calm. The week after Sarah was announced as McCain's VP pick and the subsequent attack on her by the MSM had my blood pressure so high I was worried I'd have a stroke or something.
We need to realize in this country that the Left and the Right have irreconcilable differences and it's time for a "divorce." We need to split the USA peacefully before violence becomes the only solution.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants - Thomas Jefferson

It used to be that the networks became overtly biased during the

fight to the general election, but then going back to being less overtly biased afterwards. 

Now the openess of their bias is so brazen that one can only conclude that they have an agenda and hope the ignorant will acclimate to their new low standards.Their bias has reaced such a shrill point that the only thing that they can do to top it is start calling conservatives poopy heads and making fun of their mothers.

I just loved watching the little smirks on their faces as this hit piece tittelated their happy place.

"Some real doozies!"

So they dispatch Asshat Kauffman and a crew ALL THE WAY TO ALASKA just to interview a guy whose house got broken into? Just too delicious for a remote hookup or a phone interview, huh?

The perp is the evidently the half-sister of Palins' husband... where was that fact presented? This qualifies as "a real doozy?"

And the three of them sit there making no effort at all to conceal their glee, smirking wildly and making snide digs. 

Harriet Smith: drop dead, you little tap-dancing termite. (Hey, at least the homeowner had a gun and was ready to defend himself, but we didn't hear anything disparaging about that in this "scathing expose")

This explains why the

This explains why the sister-in-law missed that important meeting with the leaders of the Alaska state legislature.  ABC neglected to give any info about the Alaskan law that designates as governor the sister-in-law of the person with the most votes.

CBS, NBC, ABC and the rest...

...are irrelevant and worthless. Nothing else to add.

2010: A GOP Hill

They're Scared!

The libs are so scared of this lady that they have no choice but to trash her and her family at every turn.  MSM and these morning liberal gagfests have no standards or moral compass to guide them.  The more they trash her for all this petty stuff, the more I know she is the one we need to bring the real conservative message back to the people. 

No word about Edward's love child

Humm. Palin's family is still is an open target even though her campaign is long over, yet I haven't heard anything about John Edwards suspected love child in years! Hay, MSM, what ever happend to the Edward's love scandal? If Edwards family problems are off limits, then so is the Palin family problems. You can't ave it both ways, ya hypracrits!

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

This would almost register on my 'give a s--t meter' if

Harry Smith was a real journalist instead of a professional Obama d--ksucker (metaphorically).

"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The face of the Democratic Party

MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews.  That's as good a reason as any of the other 5 BILLION that I have to NOT vote for BO in 2012 (as if I needed them).

"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Gossip mongers

When is the MSM going to be ashamed of itself? Nevermind...

Shame?

To feel shame, one must first have a conscience.

 

Why is this news?

Why, oh why is Sarah Palin on their radar?  Oh, that's right.  She's conservative, well-liked and potential candidate in 2012.

No coverage of other scandals involving other members of the current administration such as the President and VP (as some mentioned above).  We barely get a mention of the HHS' nominee's tax troubles and Congressional scandals involing members such as Chris Dodd. 

Nope, we get Sarah Palin's family problems.  Tabloid journalism at its finest.  If I want to see this, I will go to the grocery store and look at the National Enquirer or jump over to the Daily Kosovo to see those idiots talking about "the Palin Crime Family" for a good laugh.

Great journalism.

When will the madness end?  Hopefully, January 20, 2013.

Tom

What about the soon to break

What about the soon to break story of Palin's aunt's hairdresser''s cousin whose mailman's one time supervisor who rolled his eyes when going by an abortion mill.  This story could take a nuclear accident and two African civil wars right off the first page.  Not to mention 5 or 6 cabinet apointees' tax frauds going down the memory hole.

These are doozies?

What do you call Obama's connections that they dutifully ignored?

No, this is a Doozie

Gorgeous, yes?

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

saw the tyra show

Levi Johnston came across as quiet and shy, and I wouldn't assess the interview as being "slimy". Tyra Banks stated he and his family were recieving no money in return for the interview; she said they just wanted their say after all the press and media twisting things.

To be fair, he was thrust into the national spotlight literally overnight. He was 17, an unwed father-to-be. Give the kid a break. I think he and his mom and sister truly just wanted to be heard without the media spin.

Sure, they have issues. The grandmother wouldn't discuss the drug charges but said she would be glad to after the case was heard. She deserves her day in court, then we can judge. However when she became teary-eyed because she can't see her grandchild freely, I must say my heart went out to her. I'm sure it is probably intimidating having Gov. Sarah Palin as the other grandmother. She just wants to be part of the grandbaby's life. 

I was prepared for a "slimy" interview. It didn't come across that way. Levi's sister and Bristol Palin don't get along. The sister is very protective and close to  her brother. That's about as "slimy" as it got. It's just a sad situation all the way around, especially for the child. I wish the Johnstons and the Palins well and hope they can all reconcile for everyone's sake, most importantly for Tripp.

justathot... Bingo! I

justathot...

Bingo!

I could not agree more...you put this all in a nutshell ...perfectly.

I, too, have seen portions of the interview, along with a few other clips I have seen with Levi...

I hope all of this works out with time, especially for Tripp.

I hope the majority of the msm is proud of themselves.

Btw...I would want to get my side of the story out too after all of this BS.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

BT

Btw...I would want to get my side of the story out too after all of this BS.

Right bt. And I really wouldn't care if they did take money for the interview. Why shouldn't they? Their lives have been turned upside down, and Levi was made to go to the Rep. Convention. Plus being hounded by the media at every turn. I'm sure Bristol Palin probably got paid for her Greta interview, and Gov. Palin has surely had paid interviews too. Why shouldn't Levi?

justathot... Plus he lost

justathot...

Plus he lost a good job or two I think because of the msm/attention with their interfering bull...as usual....

On top of that, I have heard that he is upset that he cannot have any time alone, meaning taking him somewhere without interference from the Palin side.

There are two sides to the story...there usually always is.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

* bt *

Plus he lost a good job or two I think because of the msm/attention with their interfering bull...as usual....

I was going to mention that. I give the kid credit......can you imagine how many tabloids have probably offered him big bucks to get a story? He has probably shown tremendous restraint. Now that I think of it, I give him alot more credit than I did when I started on this thread! Not to mention his mom and sister. After all, Bristol Palin called them white trash. So why shouldn't they have their say?

What I think irritates Mamma Grizzly the most here....

Is that Levi just can't keep his mouth shut and go back to being the unwed father of her grandson.  It's one thing if you don't want that responsibility any more but it's quite another to then go on national TV and start shooting your mouth off.

Is Levi immature?  Sure.  Give him a break?  Well, no because he doesn't have to make a spectacle of this.  Immature or not, you should at least have the common sense to shut up.  I mean, it's not as if he's deepthroat revealing something critical here.

"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I disagree there Lord Erond

If the Palins can use the media (don't forget Bristol did an interview on Fox's On the Record with Greta) why shouldn't he? If I were his age and had all the half truths and smears against my name, I would talk too. And as I said above, I wouldn't care if he were paid to do so. After all, Mamma Grizzly dragged him to the convention and made him a national spectacle.

jat... Yep. Doubling down on

jat...

Yep.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

one person

rsl775

Johnson is a jerk case closed.

ROBERT S LARUE

Did you watch his interview, sir? Or are you reacting to the MSM's portrayal of him?

Just curious. If I hadn't seen the interview I probably would have agreed with you. But isn't this site all about how the media distorts things? 

Extrapolate

The point is the hypocrisy here, sir.  Bristol Pregnant = Front Page News.  Biden's Daughter snorting cocaine = not even a blip on the radar screen.  That's what this site is about.  The fact that this barely legal twit gets on a major media show and is given air time to make imprecations and allegations about what his would have been mother in law 'knew' is just this side of pathetic. 

People are getting pretty damn pissed off at this double standard.  I wouldn't care if the dems were sparkling paragons of logic wit, reason and competent government management.  But they're not.  They're frigging idiots, from tax cheat Geithner,  to Paling around with terrorists Obama, to Rangel the tax cheat to Dodd the sweetheart mortgage deal bit. If it wasn't for the internet, talk radio and Fox news, we wouldn't hear a DAMN thing about what's going on with the Democratic side of things. 

"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Lord Erond

You posted before I answered you above. And I was asking Mr. LaRue anyway.

But I do agree about the double standard. Nothing new there.

Once again, I didn't find the interview "slimy" as the author stated. Did you watch it, or did you just read about it?

Biden's daughter, the coke snorting freak

If the sordid details of people 3X removed in Palin's family are fair play, why are we not broadcasting the stuff about VP Biden's coke snorting daughter?

 

→ Is that fair?

But Palin's family is not fair game, any more than Biden's family is fair game.

We're pretty much caught up in a conundrum of scruples on this one.  On the one hand, you've got Tyra Banks interviewing young Levi about his "safe sex", on the other, I'm hoping we'll keep our dignity concerning children of public figures.


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

I think Pabarge is saying....

That the media is MAKING Palin's family fair game even though they shouldn't be.  I guess it's a rhetorical point.

"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

→ Agreed Erond

I wasn't attacking him.  I agree with his observation of blatant media hypocrisy.

But in a way, the media is calling us out

Amanda Carpenter, last week on O'Reilly commented the right has been very good at not dragging the VP daughter into the arena of public ridicule, while the left can't get enough of smearing Sarah's daughter.


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Tyra Banks

Who is Tyra Banks and why is she interviewing anybody on telvision?  I got over 1,000 channels and nothing is on t.v.

"When will Barack Obama apologize to the American people for destroying their once great nation?" - MSM 2012

Hilarious

Luckily, nobody watches totally discredited oaf Harry and the skankopotamus of the week he's with.

Joe the Drug Czar's coke-snorting bitch-daughter gets off free from the <i>zampolit</i> JournoList Citizen People's  Commissars like Klein and HuffPuff diesel skag lefties.

 

was this CBS or TMZ

I'm getting confused.

If things keep going the

If things keep going the way they are with the MSM, then Sarah Palin will be around long after they're gone and competing for weatherman slots in local markets and obit and classified editors for the Jerkwater Gazette.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

If only Levi and Bristol practiced abstinence.

<b>Levi and Bristol chose "Safe Sex" over "Abstinence".

And they got what they deserved.  </b>

This is the real story.

Some are questioning why Sarah couldn't force her own daughter to believe and apply Abstinence.    Sarah would be a "devilish" mother if she did that.    Bristol has a mind of her own.    Is this a failure of Sarah Palin?    If it does, ALMOST ALL MOTHERS IN USA ARE A BIG FAILURE.

R. Kipling once said "your children are not your children; they are the sons and daughters of life longing for itself."

Is Sarah hypocritical in continuing her belief in Abstinence?  Definitely NOT.  Look what happened to her daughter.    Sarah has the experience and the wounds in supporting that principle.   SARAH PALIN CAME OUT STRONGEST BECAUSE SHE DID NOT FORCE BRISTOL TO GO TO ABORTION. She's a CHRISTIAN after all.

And Sarah Palin remains a good mother.  SHE NEVER DISOWNED BRISTOL.  She showed her all the understanding and support especially in Bristol's darkest moments.    I congratulate Sarah for defending the Honor of an American Woman from sexually-rampaging, unprincipled young man like Levi.  

To American guys, listen to your heart.  Not because you got what you wanted from your girlfriends, you can already do and say things on them.  Love your women.   They are reflections of your own mothers, sisters and daughters.   Levi really disappointed me as a man. 

SARAH PALIN IS JUST LIKE MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER.   I made mistakes.   I didn't listen to my parents.  But my parents still supported me.

To Americans not blinded by politics, THEY WILL SURELY SEE THEMSELVES in the Life of Sarah Palin, a typical American mother.