Press Coverage

When doing a basic Google search of “Sarah Palin” you get the In the News section of the latest news about her. Which the top three news reports on her, which include:

1.    “Bill Maher Skewers Sarah Palin’s PAC Logo On ‘Real Time’” by Huffington Post

2.    “The Fartknocker Report: Sarah Palin So Mad Obama Won’t Stop Murdering The African Christians” by Wonkette

3.    “Maher: Maybe There’s a Scandal, But Schweizer Worked for Palin and She’s Stupid” by Breitbart News

Then the rest of the page consists of her website, the Wikipedia page for Palin, and then her social media sites. Now if you click on the more news section you will see that a lot of these news stories just criticizing Palin. There is not a lot of coverage on her possible campaign, probably because she has not announced or because no one takes it seriously.

Palin’s Facebook looks like it is mainly run by her people and not as much her, it is not generating much news. Now when it comes to media coverage it looks like the media does most of it, not really done by her people.

I think that the media is doing most of it because she is still out doing stuff and everyone wants to keep tabs on her but her team is not doing much because she has not made any hits or statements that she is running in the 2016 Presidential election. So it is hard for them to produce anything when they do not have anything. I think that the media is not helping Palin make a good run for President; it is more critical than anything else. The media coverage that she is getting right now continues to paint her in a light where she is dumb, not competent or capable to be a leader, and that she is just a “celebrity”.

The coverage that Palin is receiving now is not good and it needs to be turned around soon or she will not be able to change people’s views. When it comes to media coverage when you are preparing for a run at the presidential election you will want the media to be talking about you in a positive manor. You want people to believe that you have the right skills and are qualified to run the country. You want the media to show the positive side of your image, you will want them to take you seriously and not make a cartoon of you. The media plays a big role in how we see candidates so if there is a possibility of your image constantly being diminished or not serious it will be hard for the voters to see you that way too. Having good media coverage will be beneficial for anyone trying to make a run for the 2016 election. But how you handle the negative coverage will show how you will handle situations when put into a more serious position. Voters will always criticize candidates but what you do with the criticism is how you will overcome the adversity of the media and is necessary to win elections.