Palin takes another hit from the NY Times

Accessed Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 6:40 pm.

Many of the main articles today were about Hurricane Ike, but not surprisingly there was yet another article below about Palin. Afraid that I might have been over analyzing the New York Times as being too liberal, I decided to print off the article, "In Office, Palin Hired Friends and Hit Critics," by Jo Becker, Peter S. Goodman, and Michael Powell. I highlighted the negative things said about her in blue and the positive things in pink. Needless to say, the article is a sea of blue.

Much of the source of negativity came from the harsh language. Pursuing a personal vendetta, striking, ordering, firing, and "her wrath" are just some of the words used to describe her and her policies. The authors present evidence that strongly questions her governing style. The main message was that her administration is littered with secrecy and overreaction to personal issues. After reading the entire article, I feel as if it was misrepresented. Almost all of the information came from interviews from people.

On specific issues, the McCain Palin campaign offered statements, but on more generalized assumptions, they did not. They did acknowledge that she has many supporters and instills deep emotions into her campaign. This article was written for liberal readers and therefore, they will see everything that they want to see. As a conservative reading the article, I was able to notice that some of the things that I thought positivive, would be considered negative by those Democrats. For example, "she appointed a pastor to the town planning board." That is just further evidence to her character. When the news about Ruedrich (running campaign business from the mayor's office) was found out about a columnist, she openly admited to doing wrong and released a press release to address the problem.

"Since taking office in 2007, Ms. Palin has spent 312 nights at her Wasilla home, some 600 miles to the north of the governor's mansion in Juneau. At first I wondered if she would move to Washington D.C. if she becomes vice-president, and will her family move with her? I had thought that it was 312/365, but when I read it again I realized that it said 2007 (more than a year ago). It is such sly writing as this that can get people confused on their facts.