Posted by
Buster Foghorn on Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:27:40 PM
It wasn’t news, and it wasn’t newsworthy. It was a character assassination. Carl Cameron’s repeating of anonymous gossip about Sarah Palin was a pathetic descent by O’Reilly and Fox into yellow journalism. The tabloids should be jealous. Fox should be embarrassed.
And, O’Reilly should apologize to Governor Palin. Cameron should name names. O’Reilly should send Griff Jenkins with his camera to confront each McCain staffer, demanding a live interview—putting the attacks on the record, aggressively forcing the critics out of the shadows.
Cameron’s tale of Sarah Palin falling apart after reading negative and critical news reports during the campaign doesn’t connect with what we know about the Governor. Sarah’s life story has numerous examples of taking on challenges greater than the East Coast news bias. A starting high school point guard with a fractured ankle, she plays–through the pain—in the State championship. The small town Mayor confronts the established Republican kingmakers in Alaska and knocks them off one by one. And then, after reading a critical column by Peggy Noonan, she falls apart, quickly decompensating into tears and tantrums? And further, looking at another attack, the story about Sarah not knowing Africa was a continent—hasn’t that one been used before on another political candidate?
Note to Bill O’Reilly: this was an all time low segment, “the folks” deserve better.