Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: 'We're Attention Whores'

[Ichingcarpenter]

Washington Post Explains Palin Op-Ed: We Did It For Attention


The Washington Post, as we all know, has the worst opinion section in America. The people who run it don't understand all the fuss about them running an op-ed by Sarah Palin on climate change!

Op-ed editor Autumn Brewington (who is presumably taking the flak for her boss, editorial page editor Fred Hiatt) seemed to be missing the point a bit in an interview with the soon-to-be-defunct Editor & Publisher.

Brewington did not regret giving Palin space, noting, "She is someone who stirs discussion and we are in the business of putting out opinion. She reached out to us."

Ah, yes, the traditional factors taken into consideration when accepting editorials. "Will this bring us attention? Good. Run it."

The fact that no one does or should take Sarah Palin, or her ghostwriter, seriously on any policy issue, let alone global fucking warming, and the fact that her op-ed was patent bullshit, and the fact that it was not even interesting or original bullshit and it never would've been published if the author hadn't been named "Sarah Palin" (or "George Will"), none of that is important. It made the most-emailed list, after all.

And that is why starting next week please enjoy the Washington Post's Editorial Roundtable on monetary policy, hosted by The Various Women Tiger Woods Has Fucked.


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[Botany]

1. or her ghostwriter

so true ...... Palin has trouble w/ spoken English let alone trying to write something.

She didn't write her book, she doesn't write her facebook posts, and although filled w/ factual errors the Post
piece was grammatically correct so it is very doubtful she wrote that either.

[HopeHoops]

4. What, it wasn't filled with "ya betcha"?

If she had written it, every sentence would end with ;)

[Jazzgirl]

7. Not true Hoops.

Every sentence would've ended with "also, too". :evilgrin:

[HopeHoops]

8. Ya betcha!

;)

[Captain Hilts]

2. I guess they noticed that only 4 out of 33 op-ed writers are women. nt

[chandler2]

3. SPalin is very likely to run and WIN the GOP nomination

for president. She's actually the ideal candidate as far as "power people" are concerned, because she'll do whatever
they want her to do. She is like most people - in the sense that her drive is to "be" - as opposed to those rare
folks whose drive is to "do".

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[EFerrari]

5. The WaHo Editorial Board and Palin seem like a natural to me.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. LOL!

Yep..... easter bunnies candies

[EFerrari]

11. They have a yearly Peeps diorama contest.

This submission from BoRev was, sadly, rejected. :)

[peekaloo]

6. featuring an attention deficit media whore. makes sense.