Great moments in television.
Now there's the email flap. I'd bet even money it was made up. New attention - irrelevent to policies or issues - that keeps Palin in the news. McCain can sound solid and effective, even manly defending her. It looks like a political ploy. Somehow they managed to mention that it was her personal email - they even showed family photos - and forgot to mention that she was using it, inappropriately, for government business. Could one ask for a better slant on a "story" if one wants to have viewers sympathize with Ms. Palin and stop asking any of the tough questions that should be asked.
And, thanks to Reagan - ah Reagan, where would your party be without you? - the television stations do not need to spend equal time on the other side. Allowing the Republican media conglomerates to give hours of free air time to McCain and pretend that Mr. Obama isn't even a candidate.
Which they did again today. Evening "news magazine" and celebrity gossip shows offered up Ms. Palin in a "Town Hall Meeting" that was as staged and phony as an event can be. Broadcasting her claims she's ready to lead: try to stump me if you want... amazing bravado considering there was no one there to ask questions. The TV station sure didn't provide any analysis or evaluation: just pure amplification. Meaniwhile Palin's avoided reporters for weeks and has a staff of old hands from Bush's administration placing novel prerequisites between the Governor and reporters. The Governor might dain grant an interview... if the interviewer is appropriately deferential. Say what?! OMG is this America or a monarchy?
It's hard to stomach what these cronies continue to do to our country. The people are being misled and they aren't encouraged with enough cynicism to see through the ploys. While Jon Stewart does a good job of pointing out the truly absurd, there's so much that's just plain and insidious which is poor fodder for humor.
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