Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin's Media Strategy Proves Instructive for Right
February 7th, 2010 2:25 PM
Whatever your feelings about Sarah Palin or her politics, she literally represents the future of conservative messaging. She has shown the nation that a public figure who is absolutely reviled by the mainstream media can not only make a splash, but can dominate the public stage and attract the eyes and ears of the nation in ways almost no other figure can.For the conservative movement, Palin…
SNL: Samberg As Emanuel Offers F-bomb Laden Attack On Palin
February 7th, 2010 1:59 PM
In potentially a new broadcast television low, "Saturday Night Live's" Andy Samberg, playing White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, went into an f-bomb laden attack on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin last night.In what was sarcastically billed as "an even-tempered apology" by Emanuel for his highly-publicized comments concerning some liberal Democrats being "retards," Samberg began by going…
Bill Press: If I Paid Palin's Speaking Fee 'I'd Want My Money Back
February 7th, 2010 12:14 PM
The predictable media attacks on Sarah Palin were all over the television dial after her keynote speech to the National Tea Party convention Saturday, and talk radio host Bill Press more than lived down to what one would expect from such a liberal shill.Appearing with Ed Schultz on MSNBC, Press said that if he paid her $100,000 speaking fee, "I'd want my money back."Much as the AP did Sunday,…
AP Bashes Sarah 'Short On Ideas' Palin With Horrible Photo
February 7th, 2010 10:41 AM
It was a metaphysical certitude the liberal media would bash Sarah Palin's marvelous keynote speech to the National Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Saturday, but what the Associated Press did is inexcusable.First, it attached to its Sunday piece a tremendously unflattering photo of the former Alaska governor.Then, it ripped her with the very first sentence (emphasis added, h/t NB…
Sarah Palin Addresses The National Tea Party Convention
February 7th, 2010 12:54 AM
Sarah Palin delivered the keynote speech at Saturday's National Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee.The former Alaska Governor touched on a number of subjects including how President Barack Obama is doing, the economy, the Christmas Day bomber, and the state of the conservative movement. As it seems a metaphysical certitude her detractors in the press will tear this speech apart in the…
NYT Shocker: Sarah Palin 'As Big a Celebrity as Princess Di
February 6th, 2010 5:51 PM
It seems rather serendipitous that the New York Times would publish an amazingly flattering article about Sarah Palin on the same day the East Coast got walloped by a massive snowstorm.But to see the Gray Lady quote an Alaska editor saying the former governor is "as big a celebrity as Princess Di” gives one the feeling hell really hath frozen over.Readers are encouraged to strap themselves in…
MSNBC Mocks 'Controversial' Tea Party Convention and the 'Funny Outfi
February 5th, 2010 4:26 PM
MSNBC on Friday continued to mock and deride the "controversial" tea party movement. Host David Shuster commented on the group's Nashville convention and asserted that it's "full of workshops, meetings, funny outfits and speeches." Setting the tone for how the conventioneers would be portrayed, Shuster introduced the segment by playing a clip of an unidentified woman. "I just couldn't sit down…
For Third Time in Less Than a Week, MSNBC Tries to Link Conservatives
February 5th, 2010 8:32 AM
On Thursday, MSNBC continued its quest to link conservatives with the birther movement- people who don't believe Barack Obama is constitutionally eligible to serve as President. Previewing an unrelated segment on this weekend's tea party convention, Norah O'Donnell played a clip of Obama criticizing those who raise the issue. She then compared, "President Obama sends a message to those who…
Fox's Roger Ailes Battles Huffington, Krugman and Walters
January 31st, 2010 2:35 PM
There was a marvelous fireworks display on Sunday's "This Week" when Fox News chairman Roger Ailes squared off against liberal media powerhouses Arianna Huffington, Paul Krugman, and substitute host Barbara Walters.The one standing at the end likely didn't vote for Barack Obama.In the second half of the Roundtable segment, Walters began by asking her conservative guest about the White House's…
Choosing Life a ‘Controversial’ Decision
January 20th, 2010 10:40 AM
Pro-life activists most likely cheered upon seeing this week's In Touch Weekly. The magazine, usually devoted to the latest celebrity shenanigans, featured Sarah and Bristol Palin on the cover holding their baby boys under the headline, "We're Glad We Chose Life." But for the media, who find everything about Sarah Palin controversial, including, now, holding her own baby, it's one more attack…
Sour Grapes and the Fox
January 19th, 2010 3:51 PM
And the whine will flow down the left side of the aisle.
Sarah Palin Draws Huge Audiences As Fox Contributor
January 15th, 2010 12:29 AM
While mainstream media members continue to belittle her at every opportunity, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin attracted huge audiences in her first two official appearances as a Fox News Channel contributor.Debuting on Tuesday's "O'Reilly Factor," the former vice presidential candidate drew almost 4 million viewers more than doubling the combined total of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and CNN's…
Matthews: America is the Book Palin Didn't Read! 'She Doesn’t Know U
January 14th, 2010 6:49 PM
Chris Matthews, on Thursday's Hardball, trashed Sarah Palin, for all things, not quickly responding to a Glenn Beck question about who her favorite Founding Father was. After playing a clip of Palin telling Beck, initially, that she liked, "all of them," before settling on George Washington as her favorite Founding Father, the MSNBC host portrayed Palin as the dumb student: MATTHEWS: You know in…