Scarborough Attacks Palin E-mail Hunt, Time’s Halperin Says the Reason Is ’50 Percent Bias Against Her’

In the wake of the release of 24,000 emails from the office former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the media’s obsession with the former Vice Presidential candidate has reached such a fever pitch that even Morning Joe can no longer stand it.“Did you see the obsessive countdown to Sarah Palin's e-mails being released? Did they not make themselves look like fools and – and just prove – and again we have been harshly critical of Sarah Palin, but did the media not prove how biased , over the top biased they’ve been every step of the way on Sarah Palin?” host Joe Scarborough said this morning. (video after the break) Time magazine’s Mark Halperin admitted that press coverage has been driven both by bias and by the need of news outlets to compete amongst one another to get the best stories. “Fifty percent bias against her and fifty percent no one wanted to miss out on a big story – competition.” Halperin also mocked the media for reporting on the lack of any major stories in the Palin emails. “when the first few headlines out of the emails was ‘nothing in Sarah Palin e-mails,’ I decided I could spend the weekend working on my Tony pool.” Halperin told the panel. Scarborough went even further, and criticized the media for not investigating President Obama’s history in Chicago politics. “Well, you know at least they obsessed over Barack Obama's decade in Chicago politics as much as they obsessed over Sarah Palin's two years. Oh wait, actually, no they didn't.” Scarborough told the morning panel. “He ran Blagojevich's campaign in '02. He and Rahm, Rahm said it.” The Palin Derangement Syndrome exhibited by Morning Joe and its associated network have been well documented. When Palin critics like Scarborough begin attacking unfair press coverage, it is revealing of just how obsessive the press looks.

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Scarborough Attacks Palin E-mail Hunt, Time’s Halperin Says the Reason Is ’50 Percent Bias Against Her’

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