Does MSM owe Sarah an apology?

No the media shouldn't apologize to Palin. She's the one who made the decision to accept the VP nomination and put herself and her family in the national spotlight. I believe the saying is "if you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen."

She hasn't been treated differently than other 'celebrities' Everybody who puts him/herself into the spotlight nowadays just knows that they will be subjected to a media scrutiny rivaling a witch hunt. Nothing is sacred. She is just their newest victim. Scandal sells.

Is the main street media, if you can really call them that, should apologize to Gov. Sarah Palin and her family. A story like Trig is not her son but her grandson belong in the National Inquire not on MSNBC. I do not mind reporting on Palins record but reporting on the status of her pregnant daughter is just lowering the standards of CNN, if CNN standards could not get any lower. Look at US Today last month cover Why Barack Loves Her So Much, this month Babies, Lies, Scandals. Yet some still say there is no liberal biases in the media.

I don't know that they have treated her any differently than any other politician other than as soon as McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate - they were all over every breath she or anyone in her family took. This was probably because they did not have her on THEIR short-list and hadn't had a chance to pick at her like they had the others that they thought might be chosen.

Actually, the majority of the media should apologize to the entire nation for the way they've been deteriorating for the past several years until they became what they are now, biased platforms that support the ideologies of their owners and CEOs disguised as news. It's a shame that it's so difficult to be truly informed in this day and age.

The author, Roger Simons, is a good writer but if you read all that he writes he seem a bit biased. :-) I find it hard to understand that anyone would doubt a feeding frenzy. New meat for the grinder. Papers and TV didn't have anything to talk about but politics as usual. No... I don't think anyone owes Sarah an appology. I do think Sarah might owe her daughter an appology for throwing her so fully into the national spot light.

Personally, did she not go into this expecting some Fun to be made of her knowing if she would be a Politician running for Vice President things like this happen? So they feel it is wrong as she is a woman, but no one ever thinks nothing of if they say Bad things about McCain, Obama or Biden. For me, if they owe her an apology, she needs to prove herself to get one. There are things she is always saying she is not wanting that to me are contradictory looking at things in her life as well. Just because she is a woman is why the people are complaining. If she was a man, most people would not have even noticed.

Yes, Governor Palin is owed an apology, but I hope she does not hold her breath waiting for it.

If anyone owes anyone an apology, it's Sarah Palin. She owes women in America and women around the World an apology for accepting such an important position when she knew she was in no way ready for it. She may have damaged a woman's chances of being picked to be part of a major politcal party ticket for years to come. Compare Sarah Palin to Hillary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Barbara Boxer or the many other influential women politicians and what you see is a side-show. Anyone of us would have been able to answer the questions posed to her by Catie Couric in a more educated fashion. She is an embarrassment and hopefully her actions won't be held against women in the future. Lloyd

Owe her an apology for WHAT? Does the media ever apologize to anyone else for looking for information about a public person, reporting what they discover and asking for interviews? Granted, whoever started and spread the nasty rumors about her baby being her daughter's child should apologize as should all of the many people who spread lies about Obama or any other person, politician or not, but they're not the "mainstream media", are they? When it comes to any opinion pieces or political shows where the pundits put their spin on everything that happens in a candidate's life, there may be times when some cross the line, I sure won't dispute that, but to say Sarah Palin has been treated any worse than anyone else is just wrong, in my opinion. Annie

I agree and apology is owed and I will have to say I think he!! will freeze over before they give an apology to her.

Yes, they should apologize, but it won't happen. As soon as they heard that Sarah Palin was the pick, they went off to Alaska looking for dirt. They claim that because they didn't know much about her, they had to go and investigate. So why didn't they know about her? With everything she's been doing in Alaska for the past 16 years, she should have been a household name. But, alas, Alaska is not that important to the news media. On the other hand, has anyone seen any reporters rushing off to Chicago to check out Obama? Have they ever addressed any of the items that show up on blogs or forums? Or tried investigating them? Heck no. They use Obama's two books as proof of his history. That's just bizarre - first that the man wrote two memoirs before the age of 40. And secondly that the news media would take someone's memoirs as fact. Everyone exaggerates his/her own life stories, don't they? Or they hide some facts?

Yes I think so. Most often Media people are too harsh to judge people. They are writing things without proof just to gain popularity. O really admire Sarah Palin in her speech last Wednesday night. She is very intelligent and tough with principles. This kind of leader is what we need in America. She knows where she stand and what she is suppose to do. Her heart is with the people she served not with what she can get from the people. She is very qualified for that position and maybe even more.

Nonsense, if you put yourself in the public eye, you are going to get scruntinized, it is as simple as that. And in this election she needs to be looked at more closely than ever because at McCain's age, should he beome incapacitated she might have to step into his place. Not that it could not happen to others, but he is one of the oldest people running for President.

No they should apologize. If they told the truth then there is no need for an apology. People need to accept their actions. I bet if she wasn't a governor she would have been able to keep a better eye on her daughter and she wouldn't be having a baztard grandchild. Nothing but truth.

The media does not owe an apology because it is only doing what is best for the country by helping Obama! Who are we to say what is right and wrong anyway? Vote Obama 2008!