pH Reading — Wednesday, September 10, 2008
September 10, 2008 by Patrick Henry · Leave a Comment
Is Trig at the Heart of Media’s Reaction to Palin?
RealClearPolitics · Mona Charen
There were basically two things known about Sarah Palin when her name was announced on Aug. 29 and the mediasphere began to shudder and pulsate: She was a recently elected governor and the mother of five children including a handicapped infant. The scorn from the mainstream press and the left-leaning blog world was both intense and instantaneous. Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic immediately began circulating rumors that Trig was not the governor’s baby — that she had engaged in a huge charade to cover up her teen daughter’s illegitimate child. The New York Times reported on the front page that Palin had been a member of the Alaska Independence Party. Eleanor Clift of Newsweek described the reaction of most newsrooms to Palin’s elevation as “literally laughter.” US Weekly rushed out a cover story picturing Palin holding her baby son with the headline “Babies, Lies, & Scandal.”…
pH Reading — Tuesday, September 9, 2008
September 9, 2008 by Patrick Henry · Leave a Comment
Palin floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee
San Francisco Chronicle · Willie Brown
The Democrats are in trouble. Sarah Palin has totally changed the dynamics of this campaign. Period…
Obama wrong to spurn Hillary, pick Biden
CNN · Ed Rollins
If Obama had done the smart thing, he would have picked Sen. Hillary Clinton for vice president. If he had, he would have united his party for sure and energized his base. He just couldn’t do it and maybe thought he didn’t need to do it. He was wrong. That choice would have meant that McCain probably wouldn’t have picked Palin. And if McCain had picked anybody else from his shortlist, the Republican convention would have been boring, and the party’s base would not have been motivated…
CNN’s Campbell Brown Suggests Sexist Reid Attack on Palin
September 5, 2008 by Patrick Henry · Leave a Comment
How often do CNN personalities defend Republicans?
In this video, CNN anchor Campbell Brown questions Senator Harry Reid’s use of the word “shrill” to describe Sarah Palin’s convention speech. Brown observes shrill is most frequently used to describe women, and questions whether Reid’s use of the word suggests sexism.
The Daily Brief — Saturday, August 30, 2008
August 30, 2008 by Patrick Henry · Leave a Comment
Biography: Who Is Sarah Palin?
NBC11.com
Born in Sandpoint, Idaho, Sarah Palin and her family moved to Alaska when she was an infant. She was elected Alaska’s 11th governor in 2006, making her the first female governor and the youngest governor in the state’s history. Palin earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Idaho, where she minored in politics. She moved back to her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, where she became a two-term mayor from 1992-96… more»
