Palin Phenomenon Accelerates Downfall Of Old Media
By Christopher G. Adamo
September 18, 2008
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Political commentators and their "analyses" sound increasingly like what one might expect from Simon Cowell, with far more focus on style than substance, and on "presentation" rather than policy. But in contrast to the shallow cheesiness of "reality TV," Americans ought not care if, according to media elites, Sarah Palin "looked flustered" during the Charlie Gibson interview. Instead, they should be more concerned with her core principles and resulting policy positions on key issues.
Nevertheless, Sarah Palin's competence and fitness as vice-president is currently deemed lacking by such colossal intellects as Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, and Lindsay Lohan. Sadly, while these talented individuals can capably stand in front of the cameras and deliver lines sounding as intelligent as their script writers intend them to sound, nobody warned them not to attempt such things at home. But to be fair, their diatribe no longer sounds markedly different from the shallow observations offered by the likes of Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, among other "old media" stalwarts.
So as the incredible level of venom directed at Sarah Palin continually proves to be an ongoing failure, media efforts to obliterate her popularity have only increased in their shrillness. And in so doing, they increasingly highlight their own moral and philosophical bankruptcy. In the midst of such a disgraceful firestorm, Palin's steadfastness is, if anything, underscored in the eyes of the public. Meanwhile the tenor of the media grows progressively more desperate.
Perhaps the most stunning example of this desperation was a September 15 article by Jon Friedman first appearing in "Market Watch," though it has enjoyed wide circulation since. According to Friedman, Palin's skyrocketing popularity of the past few weeks was principally a product of the media attention given her. Upon this sham of an assertion, he goes on to confidently predict that the same media which "made" her will now be the cause of her undoing.
Friedman gives no consideration to the reality that Palin's popularity among America's grassroots derives from her down-to-earth wholesomeness and above all, her unabashed devotion to conservatism and the traditional values of heartland America. In his world, she is simply the result of media attention, as if it was ever positive in its assessment of her. Thus does he maintain, in the vanity of his own imagination (along with the equally empty contemplations of his fellow media minions), that the ebb and flow of America's political landscape is really all about him and his kind.
Mainstream Americans are overwhelmingly angered by the flagrant audacity of such a self-absorbed appraisal, lacking so thoroughly in evidence as it is. Nevertheless, a new wind is blowing across this nation. Friedman, Couric, and Gibson, along with those pretty but empty mouthpieces of the Hollywood left, will continue to offer their venom and drivel to an ever diminishing audience, oblivious to the fact that their sphere of influence is in danger of eventual extinction.
In its place, the force and character of courageous individuals such as Sarah Palin, along with the grassroots network of true conservatives whom she so well represents, will begin the long task of restoring the dynamism, energy, and virtue of America.
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