Why the media should apologize to Sarah Palin.

Love it. Thanks for the link.

I apologise in advance for posting a link to this video:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card

hahaha good one. I am sharing this with everyone I know on myspace via a bulletin.

I am especially sending it to my boss at work who is a moron. It's too bad it won't do any good. He's too afraid of taxes.

@matt: Did you apologize because that video was so awesome it made me pee my pants a little bit? If so ... thank you.

@salomea, I actually totally agree.

@Matt - Crap. My brain is maxed out on languages right now.

@Salomea - Well I was being facetious about apologising.

1. what the video illustrates, above everything else I reckon, is the laughable double standards being employed by republican pundits.

2. I don't doubt that Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton have been the targets of attacks that have been rooted in some kind of misogyny. I tend to stick to more neutral, and reputable, news sources and therefore probably miss a lot of garbage. Op-eds by biased rags aren't news and lack the integrity required by stringent reporting.

To be honest I've read a lot of stuff on the net and I'm yet to find anything from a reputable source that I'd interpret as sexist. I mean I don't live in the U.S. and probably aren't subjected to the same amount of saturation coverage you are but if there's any articles you're thinking of in particular I'd like the read them.

3. Sarah Palin must be scrutinised. This is someone who has come out of left field to ask to be elected to the second highest office in the land. She stressed herself at the end of that video the importance of such scrutiny.

4. I'm not surprised that feminists have come out against her. Reproductive choice is perhaps a cornerstone of feminist ideology and Sarah Palin is pro-life to the point of outlawing abortion even for the victims of rape and incest.

@ginger - U.S. elections are pretty well covered by public media here but... ok I'll list the news sites I visit most:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/world/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm

I also listen to ABC public radio and NPR. I know these could be called left-leaning but I think they adhere to journalistic and ethical standards.

I dunno ... I read political journals too. I'm a PoliSci major.

Are you denying the existence of unbiased media sources? Or disputing these ones? I'd hate to think I'm missing out on better news.

Well ginger I think it's better to be critical of everything anyway.

And Salomea, I'm genuinely interested in reading any sexist Palin articles you know of ... I wasn't being a sarcastic prick when I said that.