Who is Makin' Stuff Up - Sarah or the Media? Palin denies divorce rumors  |
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 I apologize for the following as it is about Sarah Palin. But I figure if I don't write it, someone else will, so why not?
I was intrigued by Sarah Palin's latest Facebook note:
*** Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story. There is no truth to the recent “story” (and story is the correct term for this type of fiction) that the Palins are divorcing. The Palins remain married, committed to each other and their family, and have not purchased land in Montana (last week it was reported to be Long Island).
Less than one week ago, Governor Palin asked the media to “quit making things up.” We appreciate that the more professional journalists decided to question this story before repeating it.
Meg Stapleton****
Intrigued I say, because I hadn't heard a thing about it. So I went searching internet news and yes indeed, there are several stories about this topic. The Huffington Post even goes so far as to say that an unnamed source told them that Sarah's wedding ring is at the bottom of an Alaskan lake. I love those anonymous sources.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/palins-to-divorce_b_249319.html
The Alaska Report also ran a story giving The National Enquirer as a source of information. Very impressive, indeed.
http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71283_divorce_palins.htm
I even checked out the story about Long Island land being purchased and yes, there was one but the author kept spelling her name Palen, which made it harder to find and even harder to give credibility to (it's possibly meant to be humorous, but difficult to be sure).
So, one of two things is true - either they are or are not getting a divorce.
If she denies it and it's true, then is she irrevocably washed up politically? Because of the divorce or because of the denial?
But if the Palins are not divorcing, then it's just possible that Sarah was justified in telling the media to stop making stuff up. Will the people who dislike her so much then be strong enough to grudgingly admit she was right, and they were out to get her?
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| 1. tessrow (47) | 5 months ago |  Let me say first that I'm not a Sarah Palin fan. I thought she was a bad candidate and I don't have a lot of use for her folksy style or her non-answers to questions. That aside...
I think the media ought to leave her alone. They've attacked her family, her personal life, and in all honesty, I don't care. These things don't have a thing to do with her public service or her qualifications for office. She's not even governor of Alaska anymore. She's not running for anything. So far as I know, she's not working in television or radio, nor have I heard that she has a contract to do either. So WHY are they still hounding her?
If she runs for President, then I can see this kind of tabloid journalism making sense. As it is, it speaks to some strange obsession with the woman, more than any real journalistic integrity or the public's "right to know." She's been scrutinised enough, I think. Leave the poor woman be.
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 Rollo1 (1568) | 5 months ago | That's a reasonable position and I am glad that someone who doesn't care for her as as candidate can see the obsession of the media. I don't know why those who dislike her continue to be fascinated by her - I have even seen stories about how she isn't posting on Twitter by those who don't like her. Why would they care? | |
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2.  ParaTed2k (4586) | 5 months ago |  There are no depths too sleazy for the incompetent press, or democrats when it comes to lies about Sarah Palin and her family. None at all.
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| Rollo1 (1568) | 5 months ago | I checked into the HuffPo's source and it's a blog. So, it must be true, right? | |
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| 3. gewcew23 (4073) | 5 months ago |  You have got to wonder who the media is more obsessed with, Palin or Obama. Well it is the Huff and Puff post so what do I expect. Amazingly some actually think that site is a real journalist news site instead of a political tabliod.
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| Rollo1 (1568) | 5 months ago | Well, the author of the piece uses the name Muckraker, so at least he's not pretending to be anything else. He read it all on a blog that is supposedly quoting unnamed sources. It's pretty poor journalism, it's more like gossip. | |
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| 4. whiteheather39 (13271) | 5 months ago |  Personally I do not care much for Sarah Palin but I do think the media should leave her alone. Eventually the truth, whatever it may be, will come out. I am not following the latest "stories" about her as I could care less what she does in her private life.
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| Rollo1 (1568) | 5 months ago | That's what I figure too. If it's true, it will happen eventually. But if it doesn't, it won't stop them from this sort of thing. I think they need to get over her, this obsession is really over the top. | |
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| Rollo1 (1568) | 5 months ago | I wonder if these obsessions with her are like the little boy who dips the little girl's braid in the ink well? He secretly has a crush on her but isn't sophisticated enough to know how to say so, so he just teases her all the time. | |
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6.  peavey (3738) | 5 months ago |  Who's makin' stuff up? Given the history and ineptitude of the media, I don't think there's a question. Harassing Sarah Palin seems to be one of their favorite pastimes. It's getting past the point of ridiculous.
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| Rollo1 (1568) | 5 months ago | It certainly seems like an obsession, they simply can't get over their hatred of her and it isn't even sensible. Political differences are one thing, but their coverage of her seems to have a feeling of personal revenge to it. | |
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| Rollo1 (1568) | 5 months ago | This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content. | |
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8.  elmiko (1785) | 4 months ago |  i don't think its anybody elses business whether she getting a divorce or not.
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