I am truly ashamed to be a journalist right now.
The state of Alaska released a boatload of e-mails from Sarah Palin’s half-term as Governor, requested when Palin was nominated to be John McCain’s running mate in 2008. The fourth estate has gone postal. Journalistic outlets sent reporters galore to the Juneau, to pick up crates of e-mails, which the state released on paper, and not digitally. So far we’ve learned Governor Palin cared about publicity and was ambitious. Show me a politican, Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarian, Whig, who isn’t.
I’ve especially cringed at the Sarah Palin bus tour hoopla. Palin didn’t talk to reporters and refused to give them her intinerary. Reporters then wrote about how she didn’t give them any details.
Here’s an idea, boys: don’t cover her. You’ll see how fast she manages to hand out where she’ll be next and what she’ll saying when she’s not getting any attention. I wish we – as a profession – paid this much attention to explaining health care reform, or the NATO situation, or the debt ceiling, or the budget, or the economy. Just because it’s Sarah Palin, doesn’t mean it’s news.
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