Ethics

Sarah Palin and the Media

By Ed Brayton

My colleague Dave Weigel wrote a really prescient post at the Washington Independent last week about Sarah Palin's relationship with the media. He writes:

The problem is that Palin has put the political press in a submissive position, one in which the only information it prints about her comes from prepared statements or from Q&As with friendly interviewers. This isn't something most politicians get away with, or would be allowed to get away with. But Palin has leveraged her celebrity -- her ability to get ratings, the ardor of her fans and the bitterness of her critics -- to win a truly unique relationship with the press. She is allowed to shape the public debate without actually engaging in it.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 31, 2009 (boomark / email).