For the second time in a week, Fox News was caught using old footage. When reporting on Palin's book tour, the network used footage from a 2008 McCain/Palin campaign rally to show that she is still drawing large crowds. However, Fox isn't the only network apparently scrambling to generate interest, MSNBC was recently caught using doctored photos of the former vice presidential candidate. Perhaps there's a reason these news networks are resorting to such tactics to generate news about Palin. Like maybe the fact that she's not news anymore. Or at least not in the sense that anyone other than people magazine needs to cover her. If she announces that she's running for president, then we need to pay attention. Until then, I think it's reasonable to expect our news media to report on real issues. You know, the trillion dollar war, the threat of Iran's nuclear ambitions, the fact that the ice caps are going to be gone in about five minutes. That sort of thing. Anything can be sensationalized. Anything can be made interesting. Anyone can be photo shopped into a bikini.
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