Doonesbury Say What?

[thewayne]

"If there is anything that I can do in terms of assisting there and allowing the credence, the credibility that that great vocation, that cornerstone of our democracy called the press, if I can help build up that credibility in the press and allow the electorate to know that they can believe everything that is reported through the airwaves and through print, I want to be able to help."
-- Sarah Palin to Larry King

The thing that I find frightening is that it's possible she believes what she's saying, and she could become the next Republican mega-personality. The press is far, far too gone through media consolidations to be blanket trusted, you really need to gather news from multiple sources if you want accurate info.

Comments

[deborak]

That's so out of context it's impossible to judge her meaning. I don't find those words alone all that frightening. In fact, if Palin's name wasn't attached to that to raise the hackles of those with a negative opinion about her, the statement would be rather noble. I bet if Obama's name was falsely appended, people would be swooning.

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

No matter who said that, I would think that they were either utterly, dangerously deluded or cynically trying to manipulate people. Maybe both.