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| Written by BRIAN M. CARNEY, WSJ | |||
| Sunday, 07 September 2008 | |||
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Sarah Palin has gotten some rough treatment from the
media since John McCain announced his vice presidential pick. In her
speech last week, she gave a little jab back at "all those reporters
and commentators." That won't likely win her many new admirers in the
Washington press corps. But Rasmussen has a new poll out that suggests
that piling on Mrs. Palin may do more to harm the media's own image
than hers.
According to Rasmussen, fully 68% of voters believe that "most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win." And -- no surprise -- 49% of those surveyed believe reporters are backing Barack Obama, while just 14% think the media is in the tank for Sen. McCain. Meanwhile, 51% of those surveyed thought the press was "trying to hurt" Mrs. Palin with its coverage. Perhaps most troubling for the press corps, though, was this finding: "55% said media bias is a bigger problem for the electoral process than large campaign donations." Wow. Politicians like to rail about the nefarious influence of money on politics (and John McCain is a champion in this regard), a stance that always elicits applause from reporters. Ask the public, though, and a bigger problem is the media's own influence. Mrs. Palin, it seems, was on firm political footing when she thumbed her nose at "all those reporters and commentators." Only registered users can write comments!
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