Palin hubbub leads Republican delegates to target 'liberal media'

But the scene could have come from the convention floor Tuesday in St. Paul, where the Republican faithful began working out once again on a favorite punching bag. Their goal: to lessen the burden on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, five election cycles after the media were lambasted because it dared to question the credentials of another would-be vice president, Dan Quayle. Full Story »

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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

An article that reports its information objectively and fairly when one considers its basic theme of "a dose of your own medicine" syndrome. Whenever Republicans are on the receiving end of bad publicity—that stuff usually reserved only for liberals—they drag out that old mythological chestnut: "liberally biased media," which given experience with the media’s past performances the past eight years, comes across as self-serving whining. And given the concocted falsehoods and distortions emanating from the McCain campaign, their "Tell the Truth" chanting has an ironically hollow ring to it.

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