“Free-Associated Press”
By NewHampster on October 7, 2008 at 9:30 AM in Current Affairs
A reporter accuses Palin of racism–and gives us a glimpse into his own prejudices.
by: James Taranto – The Wall Street Journal
It was good to find a writer calling out the bias against Governor Palin, I won’t quote the entire article and suggest you go read and reference what Mr. Taranto has to say.
I’ll skip right to the conclusion of this detailed piece.
Yet we’d venture that there are voters who are troubled by Obama’s palling around with terrorists irrespective of his, or anyone else’s race. Does the public not have a right to know because some part of the public may be racist?
Furthermore, let’s assume for the sake of argument that an actual racist has the brainpower to puzzle through the complex twists and turns that led Douglass Daniel from the information that Obama pals around with terrorists to the conclusion that Obama is black.
Isn’t it a good bet that he already knew?
Seriously, we all know the story of the NY Times story but you need to read his excellent take on it.
Taranto then goes on to speak about other examples of media bias against Governor Palin.
A hilarious example of press bias against Palin occurred last FridayI on “The Diane Rehm Show,” a production of Washington’s WAMU-FM. The exchange between hostess Rehm, caller Tom of Norwich, Vt., and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne begins at about 46:10 of the “10:00 News Roundup”:
Tom: I just wonder why not more has been made of the statement by Palin during the debate last night that “Maliki and the Talabani”–this is a quote from the transcript–”also in working with us are knowing again that we are getting closer and closer to the point of victory.” The Talibani obviously are our absolute enemy and have been since 9/11; Maliki, our central ally in Iraq. This to me is a tremendous blunder, revealing a very superficial familiarity with these sorts of terms.
Rehm: Thanks for calling, Tom. . . . E.J.?
Dionne: I think that “superficial” is absolutely the right word for the knowledge or the lack of knowledge Palin showed yesterday. I’m glad the caller raised that one, and I suspect there is going to be a scouring of that transcript for exactly that sort of gaffe. That has echoes of some of the stuff she said to Katie Couric.
If you look at the debate transcript, however, you will see that the reference is not to “the Talabani” but to Talabani–as in Jalal Talabani, the president of Iraq.
He speaks about Joan Vennochi‘s Palin misquote in the Boston Globe and a few other choice ones that have all been written within the last few days. I think the press is worried following the debate. They’re worried that their chosen one, The One™ who can do no wrong may be in trouble.
Let’s hope so.
Originally posted at Partizane
by Ronald Scott
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