August 30th 2008
Media Bias #42
Risky Headline Business
France’s wire service, AFP, doesn’t waste any time sharing with its readers what the key-peckers in its U.S. bureau think of John McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin for Veep:
McCain hits campaign trail with risky VP pick
The rival US presidential campaigns descended on eastern battleground states Saturday as all eyes were on Republican John McCain’s shock pick of a little known Alaskan politician and neophyte as his running mate.
The two campaigns scheduled whistle stops and dueling rallies in economically struggling Pennsylvania and Ohio as the country stood stunned by McCain’s risky, unexpected choice of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin to run for the vice presidency. (Read more)
We American’s are stunned by the choice of Palin? Stunned? That means to be overcome, especially with paralyzing astonishment or disbelief.
I wonder where the AFP hacks are getting their data to justify “stunned.” Certainly not from any credible, scientific source, such as this:
Sarah Palin has made a good first impression. Before being named as John McCain’s running mate, 67% of voters didn’t know enough about the Alaska governor to have an opinion. After her debut in Dayton and a rush of media coverage, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 53% now have a favorable opinion of Palin while just 26% offer a less flattering assessment.
And, of course, it hardly occurred to the headline writer to call electing someone like Obama “risky” even if the Dem prez wannabe could be called “a little known political neophyte from Illinois” - a description that certainly was true until very recently.
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