Special "Vanity FAIL" Edition
Mark R. Whittington at Associated Content:
"Vanity Fair has unleashed a ten thousand word hit piece on Sarah Palin in the latest issue based largely on anonymous sources that has already begun to fall apart under close scrutiny by reporters who actually check facts... If it was the intent of the Vanity Fair hit piece to tarnish Sarah Palin, it seems to have backfired... Ben Smith thinks Sarah Palin is partly to blame, as she tends to avoid contact with the mainstream media, sticking to friendlier venues in the conservative press. But, really, if people are going to write things like the Vanity Fair piece, can she be blamed for not wanting to help them do it?"Da Techguy:
"Perhaps if 'feminists' [had listened] to her in 2008 they wouldn’t have to defend Palin in 2010."Malia Sutton:
"This entire Gross piece is nothing more than a gross exaggeration and embellishment. And I doubt this Gross guy took the time to interview people with different stories and varying experiences with Sarah Palin. But what really galls me the most is the way the mainstream press is not calling him to task on this. On CNN this morning, while this Gross guy sat there in the studio, before millions of people, and put on a fake-somber expression and a deep serious tone to promote his Gross piece on Sarah Palin, not one of those anchor boobs on CNN had the inclination to question him about his sources or the integrity of the piece."Nathan Burchfiel at NewsBusters:
"For someone so supposedly enamored with Palin, Gross sure turned quickly."Adrienne Ross at Motivation Truth:
"This article is actually filled with lies that nobody who has ever met the real Governor Palin--or anyone with an ounce of discernment--would ever embrace, but facts don't seem to matter to loons who are obsessed with running her into the ground. Isn't it something how these things seem to get uglier and uglier as she does more and more damage to the liberal agenda? It's no surprise that after this latest round of endorsees' victories, this comes out. The latest, of course, is the 'Miracle on Ice,' Joe Miller's defeat of Lisa Murkowski in the battle for the U.S. Senate."Alarming News:
"The article is just garbage, thin, weak, and factually incorrect all over the place."D. B. Light at Light Seeking Light:
"The Vanity Fair hit piece on Sarah Palin is so bad that even liberal columnist Ben Smith cannot stomach it. Of course he blames all the hostile and dishonest reportage and commentary on Sarah, saying that it is because she won't give interviews to unfriendly journalists [like Ben Smith]. He seems to think that if she gave lots of such interviews the hostility would abate. Yeah, sure... Smith is not the only one protesting the hit piece. Other liberals, feminists, and even Palin haters are protesting the piece."M. Joseph Sheppard at Recovering Liberal:
"The irony of the whole Palin situation is that a person who holds no elective office... and who communicates by Facebook and Twitter is not only impervious to the leftist attacks, but is assisting the radical left to destroy itself."Frank Ross at big Journalism:
"The mighty Sarah Palin, not in any political office but who somehow nonetheless rules the world from her Facebook page, clearly terrifies this pathetic little man, Michael Joseph Gross, who was all over the media today to promote his largely unsourced hatchet job on Sarah Palin. Yes, that’s right: Sarah is so terrifying that no one would speak of her on the record, which is why Gross had to, um, quote unidentified sources about her martial relations, her shopping habits, and other such things crucial to our understanding of her as a politician."William A. Jacobson at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:
"Most Surprising Fact In Vanity Fair Palin Hit Piece... That Vanity Fair still exists."Ron Devito at US for Palin:
"Every time Gov. Palin scores a significant accomplishment, the leftist media spin machine has their hit piece ready to roll. Vanity Fair has a... history of running hit pieces against Gov. Palin, and 'Sarah Palin the Sound and the Fury' is the latest in that publication’s line-up... Every supporter of Gov. Palin is spoken of negatively. Those who don’t like her are portrayed as victims of a sinister Palin-controlled Mafioso type network running roughshod through Wasilla clamping down with an iron fist on those who would say anything negative about her."Ben Hart at EscapeTyranny.com:
"The article does more damage to VANITY FAIR than to Palin..."Kim Linton at Associated Content:
"Although he has denied the charges, Gross reveals a bias against Palin early in his article titled, 'Sarah Palin the Sound and the Fury.' The Vanity Fair writer manages to paint a picture not so much about the sins of Palin, but his desire to make her look bad at any cost... What follows [the first paragraph] is a series of assumptions and hearsay backed only by anonymous sources... Even though the piece is mostly fluff and vivid storytelling, one disturbing part of the article is the author's attempt to demean Palin's faith."Dan Cleary:
"CNN: We Got Nuthin' on Sarah Palin, So Let's Chat With This Vanity Fair Creep For a Few Minutes about His Brainless Hit Piece..."Holdren at Two Kids and Some Babies:
"Vanity Fair posts some garbage article taking pot shots at Sarah Palin... Is this what now passes for journalism in this country? No fact checking? No scrutinizing of news sources? The entire VF article can be summarized as: 'I don’t like Sarah Palin. Here’s a bunch of people (I can’t tell you who they are), who knew Sarah Palin (in some unspecified capacity), who told me, at some time, some mean things about her. So you should stop liking her.' Really? That’s it? No names? Dates? Places? FACTS? We’re just making stuff up now? There are liberal websites who are RUNNING with the quotes from this article like it’s the gospel. I can understand not liking someone on the other side of the political spectrum, and trying to convince folks on their side to jump ship. But, can we at least pretend to verify our smears before we publish them in a nationally-read magazine? For crying out loud..."- JP
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