How to put a Palin-hatin' TV critic in his place

Warner Todd Huston, my colleague at RedState.com, where we are both regular contributors, has exposed snarky Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik for using his position to make a *PDS attack on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. One would expect Zurawik, as a TV reviewer, to analyze the actual program he used as a vehicle for his drive-by character assassination attempt, but such was not the case:

Zurawik gives us no less than one slight on Palin’s social standing, one denigration of her addition to the McCain presidential ticket, one claim she is “divisive,” as well as a few name callings and the like. Zurawik calls Palin “a hot dog” and then implies that she is a low-class individual that is perfect for reality TV.

In fact, out of the four paragraphs of the review, only one of them actually talks about the show. The rest are merely an excuse to attack Palin on a personal level.

One would also be excused if after reading the acid tongued Zurawik’s account of the show that Palin is a central part of the episode. In truth, however, only one small part of the show features Palin as she was visited by the show’s main character, motorcycle builder Paul Teutul, Sr.

The smear campaign against the former vice presidential candidate is unprecedented. The Palin haters are using every venue they can think of to try to destroy her political career before she has the opportunity to challenge The One they worship. The milieu of so-called entertainment reporters, gossip columnists and media critics is just one of the many battle fronts on which they attack.

Read WTH's full post at RedState.com. Watch a clip from the episode where Paul Sr. visits Gov. Palin in her office here.

- JP

*Palin Derangement Syndrome