Fake Palin footage coming soon, to a TV near you!

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 7:04 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 19:04

Great catch by Mark Nickolas at Political Base.

Nickolas notes this AP story and its headline:

Palin bans reporters from meetings with leaders
By SARA KUGLER, Associated Press

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, on Tuesday banned reporters from her first meetings with world leaders, allowing access only to photographers and a television crew.

CNN, which was providing the television coverage for news organizations, decided to pull its TV crew, effectively denying Palin the high visibility she had sought.

The campaign told the TV producer, print and wire reporters in the press pool that follows the Alaska governor that they would not be admitted with the photographers and camera crew taken in to photograph the meetings. At least two news organizations, including The Associated Press, objected and were told that the decision was not subject to discussion.

Nickolas then follows up:

Anyone want to bet five bucks that the "television crew" is really a film crew sent by McCain-Palin's media consultant for the sole purpose of future campaign ads?

I ain't takin' that bet!

So when you see Palin/Other Guy campaign ads showing her "meeting with foreign leaders," remember that the pictures and video are from this staged event at which the actual press was not allowed.

For a few more bucks, or maybe even a sandwich platter, they probably could have gotten together a crowd of people to shout out, "You're actually quite smart!" in the background.

But guess what? The campaign went into panic mode and relented, letting the press in after all. But get this:

The media were escorted out after about 40 seconds.

Hoo-wee! Thanks for the 40 seconds, Sarah!

Now we can all point and laugh when those ads come out. Seeing the video in an ad will be like hearing a Wilhelm Scream at the movies. The ultimate insider's joke.

Thanks, Mark!

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