The reason Sarah Palin is in the media's face every single day is to make her a household word, which she must be in order to be a viable candidate for the presidency.
The media doesn't have to put her in our faces day in and day out, but the powers-that-be want Palin to be the Republican nominee. The media wants her in the race, Obama wants her to be the Republican nominee, and apparently , Arrrr-eeee-anna (and now AOL) want her to be the Republican nominee. That's all that matters.
Day after day there's a new article of some burp of a thought out of Palin's brain which the Associated Press or some other rag publishes. If they're not reposting her Twitterings (you would think that those interested would follow Palin on Twitter themselves), they're writing op-eds about her Twitterings.
Weekly there is some media personality trying to surf on Palin's coattails (ink on Palin, some exploitational, sensational eye-grabbing, yet obvious, headline about Palin ups the odds of getting your work into the news and increasing your own exposure), with a Kim Kardashian-like story ("Kardashian Upset Over Nood Magazine Spread: She Didn't Know She Was Posing Without Clothing") about Sarah Palin. Last month, AP's Liz Sidoti wrote a piece of puff journalism speculating on Palin's viability as a candidate. Day in, day out, the media can't get enough of Palin.
Back in the day (I'm an old, old person), the media covered people like Sarah PaIin or reported on any speeches they made only if they were experts in the issues that made it into the news that day. How is what PaIin says or tweets or says newsworthy?
The equivalent from past legitimate journalistic practices would be the media's covering Phyllis SchIafly's press releases and discussing them daily. PaIin has no position in federal or state government. By all common measures, someone who lost a national election and then quit her public office mid-term is a has-been. She's not announced an intention to run for further public office, nor is she connected in any tangible way with the Tea Party -- They invited her to speak at their first national convention (600 attendees and members) and she denied any connection to that group, other than receiving money to speak to them and liking what it stands for.
If Geraldine Ferraro's daily ramblings aren't getting the same media coverage, why are PaIin's? With the exception of Ferraro having completed her term of office, both are failed VP candidates who now have contracts as poIitical commentato rs on F0X.
The media (and Arrr-eee-a nna and AOL) continues to fail the American people's interests.
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