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Thursday, September 01, 2011

Sarah Palin: Master Media Manipulator


Sarah Palin is the puppeteer. We, the media, are her puppets.
Since rising to national prominence during the 2008 presidential campaign, the former Alaska governor has demonstrated an uncanny ability to not only draw media attention but manipulate that coverage when and how she chooses.
“For someone out of elected office and not running for anything, Palin has a near singular ability to capture the media’s attention,” said Christian Ferry who served as deputy campaign manager for Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential bid. “If you take her at her word, which I do, she doesn’t know if she is going to run for president, but she knows she has this power with the media and she is smart to use it.”

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Odd when you consider that media is responsible for any attention she gets. Who is manipulating whom?

Anonymous said...

Is contributor saying MSM is composed of idiots that aren't smart enough to figure out for themselves the topics their consumers want?

Anonymous said...

...when I can't get someone to manipulate me, I often resort to manipulating myself.