(07-21-2010, 01:12 PM)kandrathe Wrote: Did you know that she was filmed for almost an entire day, and that this "sound bite" was taken extremely out of context. They were talking about a small island (which is territorially Russian), which she could see from her house.
I think you are confused.
As far as I know, Sarah Palin's claims were that you can see Russia from a part of Alaska, which is strictly speaking true, and that the proximity of Russia somehow gave her foreign policy cred, which is absurd.
The line about seeing it from her house, is Tina Fey. (Misquoted by Walters asking about it as "from her backyard.") This is an obvious parody - seeing Russia from Wasilla or Anchorage, or even seeing the island from which you can see Russia, would be like seeing San Francisco from San Diego, or Scotland from France.
-Jester
(07-21-2010, 05:19 AM)--Pete Wrote: It's a lose-lose situation. If you join them in the slim pit, you lose the high ground. Besides, you're fighting in their style and they'll use experience to beat you. If you try to hold the high ground, you're in the position of constantly denying fraudulent accusations. The six point agate retraction on page 12 of section D2 of the late Sunday edition is hardly noticeable.
It's prisoner's dilemma. Everyone would be better served by a media where those who favour each side honestly reported the facts and debated the issues without mudslingling. But, in that world, there would be a large incentive to sling mud, because only the other guy gets hit. And so, the worse-for-everyone Nash equilibrium evolves, because even if both sides agree it would be better to play fair, each side would lose from unilateral disarmament, and any truce would be inherently unstable.
-Jester