Sarah Palin: Media Victim or Campaign Weapon?

Link TV | Sep. 5, 2008 (News Analysis)

The Republican National Convention became the coming out party for Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as John McCain's vice presidential nominee. A storm of worldwide negative media coverage scrutinizing every controversial detail of her life at times felt like a soap opera. Now, as the media are portrayed as the bad guys, many speculate it was all a part of McCain's grand campaign strategy. SOURCES: Al Jazeera, Qatar; Press TV, Iran; Tele 13, Chile; TV5, ... Full Story »

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by Norman Rogers - Oct. 1, 2008

They make the McCain campaign seem incredibly devious and smart. If only it were so. The mainstream media support Democrats. That's well-known and quite obvious. So why wouldn't the Republicans attack them? The McCain campaign by keeping Palin quiet while the media attacked for several days gave the media enough rope to hang themselves. But I doubt it was a plot. They were probably busy preparing her for the convention. Obviously the clip repeated lies without correction, such as the one that she was a member of the Alaska Independence Party.