Mrs. Palin's Media Attention

Of all of the 2008 Presidential Candidates, none have kept the media's attention the way Sarah Palin has, and she was only a Vice Presidential candidate! I find it very interesting that the media continues to follow a woman that they have portrayed as ignorant and dismissed from having a place in the future politics of America. The claims have been that she doesn't have many supporters and that people couldn't care less about her, but as we have seen this week with her new book tour people have stood in lines over night for these events. Even more, Palin appeared on Oprah's show this week to discuss the campaign and her new book. Having Sarah Palin on Oprah's show drew the largest crowd and highest ratings for Oprah's talk show in YEARS. It is clear that she still has an impressive place in future politics and in the future of the Republican Party.

Everyone remembers the interview Sarah Palin had with Katie Couric. It was one of many attacks on Sarah. But the attacks continue even after the election. Why? I have found one main reason to be jealousy. If you ask people why they don't like her, they have no problem with saying how jealous they are of her. Women are jealous of her looks and of her success. So it is no surprise that the attacks continue when it is clear that Palin continues to draw huge crowds.

Just this week, another attack came from the Associated Press. This time it was on Palin's new book, Going Rogue. Reportedly, the AP has given 11 reporters the duty to fact check this new book, but did not do the same for either of Obama's books. Why? It's simple. The press is doing anything and everything in their power to try to catch her in a slip-up. It's not that I don't think that politicians should be fact checked, but I do believe that there should be some form of standardization when it comes to things like this. If Palin's book is going to be checked for telling the truth, then so should every other politician's book.