James Hudnall: Old media just doesn't get it

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James Hudnall, graphic noveralist and libertarian blogger, in an op-ed recently published on Andrew Breitbart's new Big Journalism website, says the Left and its captive lamestream media just don't get everyday people and the way Sarah Palin connects with them:

The old media and its enablers have tried in vain to discredit, demonize and disenfranchise the woman only to make her stronger. Yet still they hammer away at her relentlessly.

In the new book that has evey tongue in Washington wagging, Game Change, by political writers John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, it’s claimed that some McCain staffers who worked directly with Palin began to worry that she could be “mentally unstable.” This claim has been trumpeted by left-wing bloggers and the usual suspects in the press, desperate to keep up the Palin-bashing so they can ignore Obama’s increasingly evident failures.

Some are even crowing at the news that Palin has joined Fox. They see it as a train wreck in the making. Yet, every time they write her political obituary, Palin has consistently shown them to be wrong. If anything, her hiring by Roger Ailes will be another feather in a cap that must be looking like a chief’s headdress by now. Fox not only has higher ratings and higher earnings than all the cable news channels combined, their numbers are growing while the others wither into irrelevance. No wonder the shrieks of impotent rage are so shrill over at places like MSNBC.

The old media jusy doesn't get it. That's why they are stuck in FAIL mode, while Sarah Palin and FOX News are each enjoying record success. Together, it will be both interesting and exciting to see what they can accomplish.

- JP