Hannity takes Palin for a brisk walk through her talking points

Sarah Palin last night stumbled her way through the softest, most favourable, if not downright choreographed, interview with Sean Hannity.

Hannity has been hailed by many on the right this year for his tiresome phrase "2008 is the year the media officially died in America" (or some derivative of that sentence). Indeed, it has. Not once did Hannity ever try to challenge Governor Palin. Not once did he try and lure her out of her comfort zone (where she remains strikingly uncomfortable). There was absolutely no critical analysis of any of McCain's positions, and it seemed like every question began with a little teaser of why Obama is unfit bordering on treacherous, allowing Palin the perfect opportunity to launch into one of her rehearsed, dishonest talking points.



There you have it. The American media in it's death-throes in 2008. Sean Hannity was the fatal symptom.