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  • October 2008

    • Palin: 'Couric Clobbered Me'

      Huffington Post  |  Oct 5, 08 8:53 AM CDT

      Palin: 'Couric Clobbered Me'

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin has complained that she got "clobbered" in her interview with Katie Couric, reports the Huffington Post. "It's like, man, no matter what you say, you are going to get clobbered," she grumbled to Fox News. "If you choose to answer a question, you get clobbered. If you choose to try to pivot and go to another subject, you get clobbered for that, too." More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • interview  • Katie Couric  • American media  • television interview

    • Palin Begs Mac to Give Mich. Another Try

      FoxNews.com  |  Oct 3, 08 7:42 PM CDT

      Palin Begs Mac to Give Mich. Another Try

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin says Michigan can still be won. After learning today about John McCain's move to stop campaigning in the state, she "fired off a quick e-mail and said, 'Oh come on, do we have to?'" she told Fox News. She added that McCain's pullout was "not a surprise" but said she and husband Todd would be "so happy to speak to the people there in Michigan who are hurting." More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Michigan  • Katie Couric

    • Supreme Court Question Stumps Palin

      Washington Post  |  Oct 2, 08 2:42 AM CDT

      Supreme Court Question Stumps Palin

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin drew a blank when Katie Couric asked her if she could name any Supreme Court decisions besides Roe vs Wade that she disagreed with, the Washington Post reports. The vice presidential candidate said she believed states should handle the big issues—but then failed to name a single case or even a subject area in which she disagrees with a top court ruling. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • US Supreme Court  • Katie Couric  • interview

    • Mired in 3rd Place, Couric Rallies

      Associated Press  |  Oct 1, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      Mired in 3rd Place, Couric Rallies

      (AP) - After 2 years of stories about bad ratings and an uncertain future, Katie Couric is in the news for a positive reason, the AP reports—her work. Her CBS Evening News interviews with Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, and John McCain have brought the broadcast unprecedented buzz even though, as the New York Times reports, the ratings payoff has been modest at best. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • Katie Couric  • CBS Evening News  • television interview

    • Palin Elusive on Abortion in Couric Interview

      Baltimore Sun  |  Oct 1, 08 2:41 AM CDT

      Palin Elusive on Abortion in Couric Interview

      (Newser) - Katie Couric pressed Sarah Palin on controversial issues in an interview last night and got more personal than policy answers, Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik writes. When asked if it should be illegal for a teenage victim of rape or incest to get an abortion, the candidate said several times that she is pro-life and "would counsel the person to choose life"—but added finally that she didn't think anyone should go to jail for having the procedure. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • abortion  • feminism  • Katie Couric  • interview

  • September 2008

    • McCain Accuses Couric of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

      Time  |  Sep 30, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      McCain Accuses Couric of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

      (Newser) - John McCain and Sarah Palin sat down for a joint interview with Katie Couric last night, and it was hard to avoid the impression that McCain was chaperoning his running mate “to keep her out of trouble” writes Time TV critic James Poniewozik. McCain accused Couric of “gotcha journalism,” when she confronted Palin with a statement the would-be veep made at a pizza parlor contradicting his stance on Pakistan. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • McCain 2008  • vice presidential candidate  • journalism  • Katie Couric  • media criticism

    • Don't Pity This Woman

      Salon  |  Sep 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Don't Pity This Woman

      (Newser) - The media seems to be lining up to feel sorry for poor Sarah Palin, forced to endure these deer-in-headlights interviews. “I guess I’m one cold dame,” Rebecca Traister writes in Salon , because “when you stage a train wreck of this magnitude…I don’t feel bad for you.” To her, Palin isn’t some wilting victim, she’s a governor who doesn’t care enough about her country “to cram effectively for the test.” More »

    • Ways Palin Can Sound Less Like a Robot

      Slate  |  Sep 26, 08 2:57 PM CDT

      Ways Palin Can Sound Less Like a Robot

      (Newser) - Now that we've seen Sarah Palin interviewed on TV three times, it's clear she could use a little media coaching, Christopher Beam writes for Slate. To figure out how Palin can break out of her "constant low hum of mediocrity," Beam gets tips from media pros. Some highlights: Give details. Don't say the economy requires "a multifaceted solution." Provide examples, one media trainer says. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Katie Couric  • Charles Gibson  • Sean Hannity

    • Palin Whiffs Again in Couric Interview

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 26, 08 11:32 AM CDT

      Palin Whiffs Again in Couric Interview

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin had better hope the nation was too distracted with the economic crisis to pay attention to her interview with Katie Couric the last two nights, James Rainey writes in the Los Angeles Times . Palin seemed bewildered, offering rambling sidewinder answers when asked about the bailout plan, tossing in everything from health care to tax reform “in fruitless pursuit of coherence,” writes Rainey. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Katie Couric

    • Palin Defends Alaska-Russia Comment

      Associated Press  |  Sep 25, 08 8:16 PM CDT

      Palin Defends Alaska-Russia Comment

      (AP) - Sarah Palin defended a widely ridiculed remark that the close proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience. "Well, it certainly does because our next-door neighbors are foreign countries," she told Katie Couric in an interview that aired on CBS tonight. "As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go?” she asked. “It’s Alaska." More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Katie Couric

    • Couric Gets Second Big Palin Interview

      Associated Press  |  Sep 16, 08 9:40 PM CDT

      Couric Gets Second Big Palin Interview

      (AP) - Second in the broadcast network competition to talk to Sarah Palin: Katie Couric. The CBS anchor will spend two days on the road with her and John McCain, the network said. Couric's interview material will be aired Sept. 29 and 30 on the CBS Evening News and The Early Show . It's timed for just before the Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate. Palin also is talking to Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity this week.  More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • CBS  • Katie Couric

  • August 2008