Palin Puts Four Journalists on Banned List

Sarah Palin continues her media offensive for whatever future career she is going to choose, whether that's a book seller, TV show host or maybe even a politician.

But her decisions seem to be moving her father away from the political arena. In her latest PR disaster, Palin banned four journalists, who she didn't like, from covering one of her events in Alaksa.

It's never an good idea to block out the media, that just makes them madder. But it does put Palin in line with the Bush administration, who practised the same fascist tactics when it came to stifling the press.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/bloggers_on_palins_banned_list_ejected_from_going.php?ref=fpblt

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SNL Takes on FOX

I find "Saturday Night Live" generally unwatchable, but their political sketches are pretty good. This weekend they took on FOX and it's election night coverage. It's funny how the liberal guest on FOX News is never given a chance to talk in the skit. Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, a former FOX News commentator, said that that FOX regularly cuts or turned down the mikes of liberal guests. SNL's spoof of FOX's resident mental patient Glenn Beck is pretty close to the truth. You can't make Beck sound crazier than he is.

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Glenn Beck's PR Rep is a Dem

The Washington Post is reporting that Glen Beck's PR rep is Matt Hitzlik, is a long-time Democratic operative who worked on Hillary Clinton's senatorial campaign. PR is a business, and PR reps often have to take on clients that who don't agree with it. I think the real hypocrite here is Beck, who sends a check to a liberal, who belongs to a group he claims to despise. This goes to show that Beck's nightly conspiracy rants are all an act. It's all about the benjamins and he will do business with whoever makes him money. For all your Beck fans, do you think a man who makes $27 million really cares about what ordinary people are going through?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102704010.html

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NY Times Chief Compares Newspaper Biz To Titanic

So now would not be a good time to get into the print journalism business? New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. says that print journalism is an anachronism, and needs to adapt to the changing media world. He says that people will still require news, but the medium will not necessarily be on paper.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/10/times_publisher_arthur_sulzber.html

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