Political Satire

Having Tina Fay portray Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live shows what the media portrays her as and it makes her look like a complete idiot. There are several times where Fay plays Palin on Saturday Night Live. Each time it really gets worse for Palin. It pushes back her image and everything that she is trying to accomplish. Even though it does give more press to Palin it is not always good press. Yes, her name is being talked about more and more but she is also seen as a joke. From the 2008 election Palin basically became a fast track star but also seen as an idiot. Most people remember from that election where Palin had said “I can see Russia from my house” and that has stuck with her ever since.

It is hard for Palin to be taken seriously in politics, or really at all. She is seen as a joke and people try to make a big deal over little things she does. Palin has stated that she does know that they are portraying her as an idiot and she really does not like that. It does affect her, but she works really hard to overcome all the negative media that is thrown her way. As a candidate not only does it make people judge what she is saying, but it is also being taken out of context so it really makes people question her and what she is doing. This makes it really hard for any candidate try to overcome this and make a difference.

 

The media had said that Taylor Swift was rolling
her eyes because she was put next to Sarah Palin

But the media had cropped the image to make Palin look bad,
while everyone was looking up. She was not rolling
her eyes at her seat placement.

Palin did embrace it and made an appearance on Saturday Night Lives 40^th anniversary show. She did get up and make a comment towards her running for President in 2016 with Donald Trump as her running mate. The media of course took this and ran with it saying that Saturday Night Live was the perfect place for this because it was comedy and a joke. Continuing this proving that the media just sees Palin as a joke and it really does hurt her overall image.

With the new age of Social Media, and being the “Technology Generation” we see a lot more of candidates embracing this and are trying to connect with viewers through TV show appearances. Palin being on Saturday Night Live, Obama being on “Between Two Ferns”, Michelle Obama making an appearance onthe Ellen Show, Joe Biden making his appearance on Parks and Rec, HillaryClinton showing up on The View. It is the technology generation and they are trying to connect with us through this to make an impact. Even though it seems weird because take a flashback to 2004 you would not expect to see Bush on any type of show. But when it comes down to it, we are in a new era where this is seen as acceptable and appropriate.

For Palins sake being on Saturday Night Live was not helpful and really took her steps backward and she is no longer seen as a true politician but just as a TV personality or even a reality star. This has taken her down several notches and will be extremely hard for her to overcome if she wants any type of political future.

Its things like this that make it
tough to take Palin seriously

Palin did nothing wrong besides post a picture
of her son taking strides
and the media took it the wrong way
and made it a huge deal for mistreatment of the dog.