3 June 2010 Palin offended by NBC - good!

3 June 2010 Palin offended by NBC




“Palin was in contact with the “Today" show the day before McGinniss's appearance and provided a statement responding to the author before the interview.

“McGinniss has followed us for some time now, from showing up on our doorstep last winter, bidding over $60,000 for a military charity auction dinner with me, writing the hit pieces, attending at least one Outside book event, etc,” Palin said. “He has a right to pursue his subject, I suppose, and certainly has a right to live wherever he wants, but my family also has a right to expect privacy, and hopefully to enjoy peace this summer. Good fences do make for good neighbors. The fence is now up, and I hope that we can enjoy peace. During his interview on “Today,” McGinniss accused Palin of using “Nazi” tactics to incite her supporters to go after him. But Palin’s response to the interview initially was not aired.

Palin then took to her Facebook page to complain that the network “broke their promise” to run her statement, going on to lump NBC in with “a corrupt, deceptive, and manipulative media” that can “ruin the lives of good people, disrupt families, destroy reputations and ultimately hurt our country.”

On Wednesday morning, NBC anchor Ann Curry read part of Palin’s statement, but without mentioning that it was intended for the previous day or that Palin had complained about the network’s coverage.

“Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is speaking out about comments made by author Joe McGinniss on this broadcast on Tuesday,” Curry said. “[McGinniss] has claimed he's received death threats, and he's complained about what he called the power Palin has to incite hatred.”

“On her Facebook page, Palin claims that the left has been inciting hatred against her for the last two years,” Curry added. “Referring to McGinniss, she tells NBC News, ‘He has a right to pursue his subject, I suppose, and certainly has a right to live wherever he wants, but my family also has a right to expect privacy and hopefully enjoy peace this summer. The media sensationalizes the recent McGinniss tactic so the public will tune in to whatever the latest episode is, always with ratings in mind, and that’s unfortunate.”

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How sad that the resignator, former governor Palin, feels the press is treating her unfairly. If she would participate in a normal interview instead of hiding behind a ghost-written statement she might eventually feel less persecuted.

But since her inability to speak and stand erect simultaneously precludes her being interviewed by any real journalist, on any real news service, she will continue to hide on Face book where she can block any person who might possibly “be mean to her.” Any genuine interview would only highlight her lack of familiarity with English grammar, with logic and reason, and with truth. The resignator would never allow herself to have to answer questions that she hasn’t had time to send to a ghost-writer.

She blatantly accused author Joe McGinnis of pedophilia and provided his e-mail address to her rabid supporters. One can only imagine the height of her hysteria if someone posted her private e-mail address and accused her of child abuse/neglect in a public forum. In fact, we don’t have to imagine her response. She became so distraught that she could no longer carry out her elected duties. She published one set of lies after another, claiming various men were stalking her daughters. She habitually uses her children as stage props and then lies about doing so. In the McGinnis interview segment he specifically stated that he was not calling her a Nazi. So, of course, she leapt onto the word and accused him of calling her a Nazi. She hears only what she wants to hear, truth is whatever she might believe it to be, and facts don’t matter anymore than does science.

Her insistence that her privacy is being violated, along with that of her children, is yet another example of her “magical thinking.” She was nominated for VPOTUS, and had she won that election, would have acquired some protection from intrusion for her and her family. But since she was not elected, and since she resigned her gubernatorial position, she is no more entitled to any “Extra” privacy than I am.

She complains that NBC ruined “their Memorial Day”, requiring her to be on the phone. Had she deigned to be interviewed by an actual journalist on a real news program, there would have been no need to make phone calls. And for what it is worth, she’s not employed and could have deferred any phone calls to the following work days. Nothing she has to say is so important as to require ruining a family celebration. That is, of course, unless one is worried that one’s name might not appear on television that day.

Her concern for privacy seems to vanish with the increase in proximity of a TV camera to her. Then she turns her ghost writer loose on Face Book and drags her kids out once again to demonstrate how they are being stalked and threatened. The stalkers in the neighborhood live in the Palin house.

It would be a rare treat to see her interviewed by a real journalist. The Couric interview was only a preview of how dysfunctional she would become if asked the right questions.

NBC should offer her the opportunity to appear on cameral to discuss her statement. So should CBS, ABC, and CNN. Then no major news network should cover anything she says or does until she quits hiding behind her ghost-written Face book page or admits that she is unqualified for any national office.