Seeing a photo of Sarah Palin quickly reminded me of just how little our media actually holds our political leaders feet to the fire. Sadly, at this point, I expect most elected leaders to be devoid of ideas or solutions to our nation’s problems. This might not be a reality however if the media did its job of watch dogging rather then providing coverage that legitimizes these so called leaders. People is tacitly saying (or perhaps not so tacitly saying) that the figures create legislation that impacts every American are basically entertainers. The piece does not bring the reader new information; moreover it does not question Palin’s motives or decisions. I transformed this message by replacing the original text with text that brings to light just how poorly the U.S. media does it job.
Original image: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty, "Life is About Choices", People, July 20, 2009, pg. 60
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