Palin---Journalism's -Clever subliminal manipulation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012004349.html
I'm declaring February a Palin-free month. Join me!

By Dana Milbank
Friday, January 21, 2011
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My response:


Granted that Sara Palin in my viewpoint is a fox that crept into the playground, but abstaining from reading or writing about Palin is not the answer. Palin exists like Bush, and Obama, and Bin Laden or any other person whose existence is real.

So, what is the point buy you trying to force the media to ignore Sarah for a month and hope that she will disappear? Even when Clinton and Nixon were in the midst of their scandals, no one proposed silence about anyone. Not even about Monica L., and we were all tired of Bill and Monica in the news.

If your personal saturation with Palin is to the brim, abstaining for your personal benefit is great. It may help your purpose, and then you can start with a fresh perspective. But it is unfair to the audience to do the same.

It is natural and wise to know as much the people that we like, as it is to know about those we dislike. Otherwise, we would be unjust and ignorant. Fro we to comment or vote we need to know about both sides. That is why WikiLeaks and Assange became popular names. Even though WikiLeaks did cause embarrassment to us, we need to know the truth.

So whether we like Sarah Palin or not, we need to know what she is up to, good or bad. For, Plain does influence many people just like any other politician.