The Dolman of Jesusland

Agent: No one may enter the Dolman's presence.

Any member of the Non-Fox Media: Will you tell Her Glory that the press requests the honor of a visit?

Agent: The Dolman has promised that I will be whipped to death if I let the Gotcha Lamestream Media pass through that door.

From the WaPo "Plum Line":

Sarah Palin plays media for chumps

Good stuff from Chuck Todd, who said on MSNBC this morning that his media colleagues are far too willing to hype Sarah Palin's every Facebook and Twitter update as huge news:

My only quibble is that Todd, in criticizing Palin for griping about media bias even as they lavish attention on her every Tweet, casts the media as passive victims in this process:

"I hope we don't hear from Sarah Palin about media bias anymore. Because it is amazing the ability this woman has to get media attention with as little as she does, whether it's a Twitter or a Facebook update, and she gets all this attention."

Right, but media outlets aren't passive participants, compelled to lavish nonstop attention on Palin against their will. Rather, they actively make editorial choices on a regular basis to hype everything Palin says and does. So why wouldn't Palin continue to bash the lamestream media, when the media-bashing does absolutely nothing to dissuade them from playing along as she completely dictates the terms of her engagement with them?

The dirty secret here is that news orgs hype Palin's Tweets and Facebook missives because they drive clicks and traffic, not because they're newsworthy.
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Spin Dr. McCoy summarizes:

She has a sort of a erotofiscal substance in her blather that acts like a super love potion. And according to Rich Lowry, it doesn't wear off!