Why won't the news leave Palin's daughter alone?

Question

Obama said to leave it alone. McCain says leave it alone, but the media won't stop harassing a 17 year old girl. Why is this do you think?

Answer 1

because democrats don't stand behind their candidate.

Answer 2

Sadly, it's the public , who always wants sensational stories, that is to blame for the relentless search for news of the media - and they just state ' it's my work '  and duck up all the dirty washing they can in the proses    

Answer 3

Because of all the bloggers and the bashers in places like Y!A.

Answer 4

They're the MEDIA! Did you expect anything less from those blood suckers??

Answer 5

Because unfortunately, since the 80s the media has started a habit of providing information (that some feel they "needed" to know) about celebrities who are in the limelight.

It's like giving a baby sugar, one taste....and it's hard for them to be without it.

This trend however has carried over to sports personalities (most die hard sports fans however don't really feed into the "spicy" details of their favorite athlete's personal lives.) and politicians.

Like anything else in a capitalist society, if you don't buy it, they don't make any money from it & eventually fades into memory.

As long as somebody keeps buying into it, they will keep selling it.

It's unfortunate that we, as a country and society, do not fully understand the power we have to get what we need.  If more attention was placed on the candidates & their political platforms, we would be able to effectively choose an effective leader.  As it stands, only the industrious researcher will be able to hopefully find all the information needed to make an effective decision and the rest of the folks will be watching to see what someone's pastor is saying today, and how the sonogram of the potential vp grandchild went.

Neither of these topics will have anything to do with how LIFE in these United States will be in the next 4 years.

Answer 6

The Media is mainly evilness and selfish cause most of it is owned by some of the worlds most evil people.  

Answer 7

Leave Brittany alone....

oh wait, never mind.

Answer 8

The media has become the root to all evil . it is not about the issues or news anymore . it is all about rumors and gossip . and this is after all what our society likes to hear .  

Answer 9

remember how they left Chelsey Clinton alone after Bill requested that? Then they went after the Bush twins and now after a 17 year girl who is probably under a great deal of stress as it is.  

Answer 10

Because Palin ran for Governor with the abstinence only platform.  She wants the school systems in her home state to teach abstinence only, Palin can't even teach it in her own home.  That is why the media is all over it.  She wants you and your family to do what the old saying is"Do what I say, NOT, what I do".

Answer 11

The young lady is getting married now. She could take the easy way out by having an abortion,but she will do the right thing and have her baby. God forbid  someone getting married already pregnant...............

Answer 12

Because it's very chivalrous for my candidate Barack Obama to come to the defense of the slain candidate Palin 's daughter, but the news is the news.  I am still interested, you are still talking about it, and thank AP their still reporting on it.

Did you hear that baby daddies MySpace page says that he is a redneck?

Answer 13

i don't know why.

what news station?

Answer 14

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB IN THE WORLD!!!

Anti-abortion ok but I thought those right wing hypocrite bunch of so called christian capitalists were also against s*x before marriage or does that only count for poor people? Are you a good mother if you give your kids no s*x education?

HAHAHAHA

Have a grand-pa and a mother of a distorted family in the White House after 8 years of disaster FOR THE WHOLE WORLD (ALL 6 BILLION PEOPLE) ???

I DON'T THINK SO!!

Answer 15

Why don't you tell Limbaugh to leave people alone you hyprocrite!

Answer 16

Because people think its funny when Republicans like Palin talk about good family values then do something like this. Or when Pastors prey for rain at the Democratic Convention then get a hurricane to come  to their Republican National Convention. Funny stuff!!!!

Answer 17

Media don't mind at all if they ruin peoples lives in their pursuit of truth and gossip. They even hope for daily calamity to come, But of course they won't show it. It's where they get their ratings.

Answer 18

Because it's newsworthy.

And because it relates to the whole political stance of birth control/education and family values.

People will spin it however it works for them.

Answer 19

Because they can not believe that someone actually believes abortion is murder.

Answer 20

well it is more things for the media to capture. the more things for the media to talk about. more things for the media to lie about. more things to catch peoples interest. its really just stupid that they wont leave Bristol alone!

i agree with you. and i am a Democrat!  

Answer 21

Why in the world did her mother feel it necessary to tell the whole world her teenage daughter is pregnant in the first place? Oh wait...it was to save her own behind because of the rumors that Trig was actualy her daughters child. Classy. Throw your daughter under the bus to save face.

Answer 22

sadly, it's how politics works.

Ms. Palin knew it was coming.  i think she's handling it with class, myself.

Answer 23

Don't try to win sympathy for Governor Palin.  She's being scrutinized like any other politician who runs for public office.  It's not about Palin's daughter; it's about a candidate who has been exposed by the media.  Her secrets have been kept hidden in Alaska, but this is real world now--Real World.