Tanning bed media returns
Looks like the tanning bed media are back, so I’ve temporarily moved Conservatives 4 Palin to the main blogroll. They’re a sane place to go if you want to read about what’s actually happening when another media outlet misreports half-quotes from the book or outright lies about what’s happened in Alaska or what’s been said. They’re unabashedly pro-Palin, but they’ve also been pretty meticulous with the facts. And they seem to be genuinely nice people.
The better blogs seem to be more reliable these days the mainstream media. Too often, news reports are completely unsourced rumor—rumor easily checked, but too good to check so they don’t. The media fact-checks Saturday Night Live skits when they need to be checking the sources (and the biases) on their own stories.
Incidentally, if you only follow one of the links I’ve provided, follow Poor media: You’re in love with Sarah Palin, and she’s just not that into you.
- Fact-check this: John Hinderaker at Power Line
- “It appears to be a tribute to the factual accuracy of Palin’s book that eleven hostile AP reporters can’t come up with anything better than this.”
- Politico and the art of the one-sided story: Rob Harrison at Conservatives 4 Palin
- “Barr lets the uninformed reader assume that Weaver was with the campaign when Palin arrived; he doesn't talk about the fact that Weaver became a former McCain strategist in the summer of 2007—nor does he mention why that was.”
- Poor media: You’re in love with Sarah Palin, and she’s just not that into you: Dan Calabrese
- “I know. That hurt. Because you think you’re her soulmate, even though you keep saying you can’t stand her.” (Hat tip to Doug Brady at Conservatives 4 Palin)
- Rogue’s Eleven: Mark Steyn
- “The Associated Press assigned 11 writers to ‘fact-check’ Sarah Palin’s new book, and in return the 11 fact-checkers triumphantly unearthed six errors. That’s 1.8333333 writers for each error. What earth-shattering misstatements did they uncover for this impressive investment? Stand well back. [It] looks like AP paid 1.8333333 fact-checkers to agree with Mrs Palin: She says she didn’t ‘often’ go for ‘high-end’ hotels; they say she ‘usually opted for less-pricey hotels’. That’s gonna make one must-see edition of ‘Point/Counterpoint’.” (Hat tip to Doug Brady at Conservatives 4 Palin)