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Us Weekly Takes Its Brand of Scandal Journalism to the White House
Jossip —
Seeing what the National Enquirer did with John Edwards — endless press (eventually) and a slight, but noticeable, newsstand bump — Us Weekly is definitely not getting left behind with, or letting the Enquirer own, the latest political scandal. Or, you know, the scandal that might not really be a scandal, just a little matter of unwed teen pregnancy.
Enter Sarah Palin. Hitting this morning, this cover — which first broke on our own Queerty — "Babies, Lies & Scandal" slaps ...
Palin Coverage Squeezes McCain [Sarah Palin]
Gawker —
... Sarah Palin issue, resurfacing in it a January incident in which the John McCain running mate laughed along with a shock jock who called her Republican rival a "bitch" and a "cancer" on the state. Us got fresh quotes from the woman in question, a cancer survivor who is still quite pissed about the incident despite a halfhearted apology from Palin. The celebrity weekly also questioned whether the father of Palin's forthcoming granddaughter ...
Palin Basically Useless To McCain Amid Continuing Media Onslaught [Sarah Palin]
Gawker —
... Sarah Palin issue, resurfacing in it a January incident in which the John McCain running mate laughed along with a shock jock who called her Republican rival a "bitch" and a "cancer" on the state. Us got fresh quotes from the woman in question, a cancer survivor who is still quite pissed about the incident despite a halfhearted apology from Palin. The celebrity weekly also questioned whether the father of Palin's forthcoming granddaughter ...
Does Us Weekly Have A Secret Radical Leftist Agenda? [Journalismism]
Gawker —
... applied pressure in the case she threatens to break from the socialist liberal Hollywood homodoxy. Do you think it's a coincidence that their harshest attack on Angelina's fitness for motherhood coincided with the theretofore deadliest form of exactly the sort of insurgent attack the troop surge was engineered to combat? ("Yes" is actually the right answer to that question, just to be clear!) (Fig. 2) Today's headlines speak for themselves. COVER STORY: Sarah Palin: Political Opponent Recalls Being Ridiculed EXCLUSIVE: Cindy ...
Republican Running Mate Sarah Palin Already Caught in a Scandal
GirlsTalkinSmack.com - Celebrity Gossip Blog, TV, Fashion, Pop Culture & Movies —
... most famous statement in her already short political career is focused on this situation:“Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support,” the Palins said. Ok then! Let’s see what’s up next for the Palins and the Republican party shall we? If her career is STARTING this way, one can only wonder…. Source
McCain to Obama: Do as I say, not as I do
Salon —
... charismatic young politician as anything you saw last week in Denver. McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, even shares the cover of a celebrity magazine with Obama this week. When McCain walked onto the stage Wednesday night to greet her (in an echo of Obama's "surprise" appearance with Joe Biden a week before), she had just finished arguing that character -- and McCain's own personal virtue -- would be the determining factor in the election. It seems that what John McCain hates about Obama's campaign is exactly what he loves about his own. The night that McCain won the ...
Morra Aarons-Mele: The Palin Trap: Meta Symbol of American Womanhood is a Dangerous Distraction
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog —
... Blogs on Palin are overwhelmed by comments, and like her tabloid covers, everyone's got an interest and an opinion in this fascinating story. But McCain and Palin are out there lying every day on the campaign stump, and talking mommy and family is a distraction from what's really at stake. Our livelihoods are at stake. ...
