The main stream media is continuing a fervent assault on Sarah Palin, covering the mundane, the non-existent, and the factually devoid news stories of the day. Problem being, when those dramatic news stories become less sensational due to the latest revelations, the media is not as excited to report the correction.
There's been no secret that the media has been salivating over the chance to link Palin to the Sherry Johnston drug arrest. The latest opportunity came in the form of an e-mail from Kyle Young, an Alaskan drug investigator, in which he insinuates that the investigation and arrest of Johnston were stalled for political reasons. Young wrote that the case ‘...was not allowed to progress in a normal fashion, the search warrant service WAS delayed because of the pending election.'
And the media ran with it - to the tune of 417 articles on a Google news search of the terms ‘Kyle Young and Sarah Palin' this morning. Coverage of this unsubstantiated allegation can be seen at MSNBC, CBS News, the New York Times, Newsday, the Washington Post, USA Today, and the Dallas Morning News, mostly via the tabloid liberal news agency known as the Associated Press. And that is just to name a few.
Now however, a union representing Alaskan State Troopers is backing off the allegation. According to the Public Safety Employees Association, investigators never delayed a search warrant for political reasons. Union president Rob Cox refers to the entire faux scandal as a ‘non-issue.'
Having had since yesterday evening to clear the air, one would expect the integrity driven media to make every effort to cover this aspect of the story just as vehemently. Major news outlets will surely inform the public of such an egregious error in investigative reporting, by running a story that clears the air for Sarah Palin, and exonerates her from bogus political meddling charges. Right?
Wrong. Thus far, there is no report from MSNBC, CBS News, the New York Times, Newsday, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Dallas Morning News, or the Associated Press. There are far less than 417 articles returned on a Google news search of the terms ‘Rob Cox and Sarah Palin' this morning. In fact, there is barely a peep from anyone in the media.
Where are the retractions, the corrections, or the apologies? As of this morning, the only source covering the updated information is the Anchorage Daily News. Perhaps the MSM will eventually get around to covering the story, but since it can be categorized as positive news for Sarah Palin, it isn't likely to happen any time soon.
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As I commented in another
January 6, 2009 - 10:57 ET by motherbeltAs I commented in another thread, that is the standard MO for the media...run with a negative story. Later, when it's proven wrong, you run a retraction, which will never get the amount of play the original story got (or in print the correction goes in a box on page A14) and 90-95% of the people who saw and heard the original will miss the correction. Mission accomplished.
There should be a standard that the correction should have to run in the same place the original story ran (in print) or on the networks, at the beginning of the broadcast. For cable outlets like CNN etc, if they ran or teased the story every hour five times, they should have to run the retraction every hour five times.
The MSM are Crazy
January 6, 2009 - 11:32 ET by jarrett.edwardsI'm sure they will get around to reporting the correct information, about the same time they report that hell has officially frozen over! The MSM's irrational hatred of Sarah Palin knows no bounds and they will continue to try and harm her until they are sure that she would never be able to win. Palin is a honest politician and Democrats hate honest politicians.
The MSM's desparate smear
January 6, 2009 - 11:47 ET by dscottThe MSM's desparate smear campaign are a sign that they know Sarah Palin is deadly for the Dems. They know it and Palin MUST BE DESTROYED by any means possible, politics of person destruction anyone?
Any woman or non white male who dares to fulfill the American promise with a conservative view of the world shows how bankrupt the Dem Party's liberalism is. If any person (non WASP male) can demonstrate that by following the rules like everyone else to achieve success then liberalism is totally unnecessary. Who needs the elite if there are no victims to whom to be paternal? Who needs government programs if everyone can do it themselves if necessity requires it?
Liberalism is nothing more than a bunch of self righteous, patronizing, know-it-all, meddling, busybodies who get their self worth from telling other people what to do under the guise of paternalism. Liberalism is the epitomy of Co-dependence. The elites require hopelessly screwed up people to demonstrate their moral and intellectual superiority.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
dscott
January 6, 2009 - 12:06 ET by jistincaseYou are so right about your insights. They need people to nanny to make themselves feel good so their self hatred will not consume them. They in turn create more mindless liberal dependents who need someone to care for them so that they have to take no resposibility for themselves. Get rid of welfare and we would have a nation of conservatives in short order.