Comments on: What is the Difference Between Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama?

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:40:27 +0000

So what is “news” ? the AP? they lean pretty far to the left. Newspapers? They also lean one way or the other. What news?

By: Mr Pink Eyes

Mr Pink Eyes — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:14 +0000

I guess it takes all types, I can’t imagine people not knowing the difference but I am sure they are out there.

By: Terrant

Terrant — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:06:23 +0000

I agree with you on that. I’ve ran into people who do consider talk radio as news.

By: Mr Pink Eyes

Mr Pink Eyes — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:27:18 +0000

I am not defending Palin, I find it very odd that she would step down without giving a good reason other than the media was treating her badly also. I think that there is more to this story but she does seem to get much more attention than she deserves, nobody had ever heard of her one year ago.

By: Mr Pink Eyes

Mr Pink Eyes — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:25:07 +0000

When I talk about the media I am not talking about talk radio. I don’t consider talk radio shows news but more as entertainment and opinion. Just as I do not look at blogs as news either.

By: Mr Pink Eyes

Mr Pink Eyes — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:23:29 +0000

John McCain did, but John McCain was a media darling. The media loved the “maverick senator deom Arizona” because of the times that he opposed Bush, so he also got a free ride. The media took it out on Sarah {alin at the time and they continue to do so.

By: Terrant

Terrant — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:08:15 +0000

Actually, it depends on what segment of the media you basing your views. If you are looking at the liberal media, then she is the wrong party. However, if you look at the conservative media, then she is not. Fox News and talk radio swoon over her in much the same way the liberal media swoons over Obama. To look at it from another view, the treatment that she receives from the liberal media is rather similar to the treatment that Obama receives from the conservative media. All media is biased; this is the world we live in.

I’m curious, in the absence of a “why” for her decision, what should the media have done (especially when similar situations are associated with a scandal)?

By: John

John — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:41:35 +0000

While I vote republican, I must disagree with this post. Did John McCain not do the same thing as Clinton and Obama and also not receive ridicule for it?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:34:53 +0000

The majority of the problem is as Mr. Pinkeyes has stated – she belongs to the wrong political party. Because of that one thing, the media would never become friends with Palin (unless they could use her to their advantage, which she would not do). Everything else is speculation, BS, and lies – the truth will eventually come out despite the mudslinging from the pundits.

While running for a national office does provide an “excuse,” it does nothing to excuse them from not representing the citizens of the state that elected them. As I understand it, they did a poor job of that too.

By: Terrant

Terrant — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:11:03 +0000

I think that there are a couple additional things going on in regards to the difference in treatment. First, Palin and the media never became friends. I remember when she was first nominated that she came out swinging at the liberal media. The denial of access to her by the McCain campaign did not help this in any way because the media had to start digging because people wanted to know more about her. On the other hand, Obama and Clinton had a relationship and they were able to use that relationship to their advantage.

Second, Palin’s resignation was completely out of the blue. Politicians do not make an abrupt resignation like this unless there is a scandal involved. Again, people were wanting to know more about this. When she did not give a “reasonable” explanation (she’s staying mum on her presidential aspirations), the media was forced to theorize and speculate. Given the accusation in respects to troopergate, it was only a matter of time before negative theories would be explored. With Obama and Clinton, it was rather obvious why they left their respective offices.