Sarah Palin

WashPost: Putting Black Opponent in a Darker Light in Political TV Ads Is Racist
By Tom Blumer | January 2, 2016 | 11:58 PM EST

A time-honored tactic in political TV ads is to use contrasting degrees of photographic exposure, one bright and snappy for your candidate and a darker hue, sometimes even going to old-fashioned black-and-white, for your opponent.

On December 29, at the Washington Post's Wonkblog, Max Ehrenfreund cited a conveniently timed "study" which looked at 2008 ads produced by and on behalf of GOP presidential candidate John McCain, and concluded that the McCain campaign and its supporters, by using such a tactic, were engaging in racism:

Maher Hits Carson with Uncle Ben's, GOPers 'Cheat a Lot,' White Drug Addicts for Trump
By Brad Wilmouth | November 8, 2015 | 5:02 PM EST

On Friday's Real Time on HBO, host Bill Maher aimed venom at a number of conservative public figures as he referred to Uncle Ben's rice in a racially tinged joke about Dr. Ben Carson, and asserted that it is President Reagan's fault that many middle aged white Americans have personal problems that lead them to drunkenness, heroin addiction, and early death, as the HBO host tagged them "Trump voters."

ABC Omits Latest Rant from Iran’s Supreme Leader in Nuclear Deal Coverage
By Curtis Houck | September 9, 2015 | 9:37 PM EDT

On Wednesday night, ABC was the lone network to omit from their coverage of the Iran deal rally that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei offered a new rant hours earlier in which he promised the country will not cooperate with the U.S. on any other issue beyond the deal in addition to predicting that Israel would not exist in 25 years.

‘Wussified!’ Sarah Palin Blasts ESPN for Curt Schilling Suspension
By Dylan Gwinn | August 28, 2015 | 1:43 PM EDT

Sarah Palin let fly with a near dissertation-length slamming of ESPN Friday morning for their suspension of Curt Schilling earlier in the week.

Schilling had tweeted a graphic comparing the number of Muslim extremists in the world today to the number of Nazi extremists in Germany in 1940. Though, the tweet was distorted by the MSM to make it appear as though Schilling was comparing all Muslims to Nazis, resulting in Schilling’s suspension.

WashPost Boosts 'Radical White' Attack on Sarah Palin in Waco Coverage
By Matthew Balan | May 20, 2015 | 12:30 PM EDT

On Tuesday, the Washington Post's Janell Ross spotlighted a Twitter post attacking Sarah Palin, as she forwarded the left's narrative about a supposed double standard between coverage of black violence and the recent shootings involving biker gangs in Waco, Texas. The Tweet included a photo of Palin at the 2011 Rolling Thunder event in Washington, DC, which honors America's fallen members of the military, and bemoaned how "radical white politicians coddle these thugs." The Washington Post's Twitter account included the picture when they promoted Ross's item.

Frank Bruni's Bait and Switch: NYT Writer's Media Criticism Just an Excuse to Condemn Conservatives
By Clay Waters | February 28, 2015 | 10:48 PM EST

Frank Bruni's latest for the New York Times sported an intriguing title: "Despicable Us -- Scott Walker, the Media and the 2016 Presidential Campaign." Would Bruni be apologizing on behalf of both his paper and other outlets, which have had to retract false criticisms of Wisconsin's GOP governor? No. His media criticism was simply window dressing, an excuse to mock conservative candidates past and present.

Once Again, Nicolle Wallace Shows She’s Obsessed With Attacking Sarah Palin
By Jeffrey Meyer | January 27, 2015 | 1:54 PM EST

On Monday night, Nicolle Wallace, former Communications Director for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, appeared on CBS’s The Late Show with David Letterman and proved once and for all that she loves to criticize Sarah Palin. During her discussion with the liberal comic, Wallace mocked Palin’s intelligence and insisted that she “gave a speech this weekend in Iowa where again on full display were all the gaps in her knowledge and that’s what became obvious not just to the public but to us, and that was sort of chilling.” 

Nicolle Wallace Mocks Palin Over Iowa Speech: She's Shed Those 'Annoying Handlers'
By Mark Finkelstein | January 26, 2015 | 8:43 AM EST

On today's Morning Joe, Nicolle Wallace was asked to comment on conservative columnist Byron York's panning of Palin's speech as "long, rambling, and at times barely coherent." York's column also passed along criticism of the speech by a number of Iowa Republicans.  Wallace said that it was interesting to see York come "full circle," since back in 2008 he had been a Palin defender, blaming the campaign for the way she was packaged.  Wallace then doubled down with this dig: "This is who she is. This to me is evidence that she has finally shed every last one of those annoying handlers." Reeoorw!  

Year-End Awards: The Most Outrageous Media Quote of 2014
By Rich Noyes | December 31, 2014 | 9:59 AM EST

Wrapping up the Media Research Center’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2014,” it’s time to present the “Quote of the Year” for 2014, and the top two runners-up, as selected by our panel of judges.

 

Year-End Awards: The Damn Those Conservatives Award
By Rich Noyes | December 26, 2014 | 10:31 AM EST

For the last several days, NewsBusters has been showcasing the Media Research Center’s Best Notable Quotables of 2014 as a way to review the worst media bias of 2014. Today’s categories: the self-explanatory Damn Those Conservatives Award and the Twisted Tweets Award.

MSNBC's Eugene Robinson Nails Perfect Double Standard on Blaming Partisans for Murders
By Tim Graham | December 23, 2014 | 3:30 PM EST

Congratulations to Washington Post columnist and MSNBC analyst Eugene Robinson for achieving a complete Double Standard in the game "Blood On Your Hands." In Tuesday’s newspaper, Robinson presented a column titled “Blood on whose hands? Protesters weren't the ones who gunned down two N.Y. police officers.” But on January 18, 2011, Robinson wrote an article titled "Palin's egocentric umbrage." Sarah Palin should shut up for a long time after being blamed by the media for the Gabby Giffords shooting:

NY Daily News Implies Sarah Palin Is a 'Ho, Ho, Ho!'
By Tim Graham | December 22, 2014 | 9:42 PM EST

The New York Daily News knows how to insult their least favorite people. On Monday, they were suggesting former governor Sarah Palin was a “ho, ho, ho.”

The headline was: “Ho, ho, ho! Sarah Palin wishes fans holiday cheer as sweater falls down: Fans of the former GOP sensation must have been nice this year because Palin appears to have gifted them with the naughtiest Christmas present of all — flesh.”