During the Lewinsky scandal, Time magazine White House
correspondent Nina
Burleigh expressed the prevailing view of liberal journalists
when she notoriously said, “I’d be happy to give him [oral sex]
just to thank him for keeping abortion legal.”
The obverse of such abject obseqiousness to Democrats is a
ruthless hostility to Republicans, a media tendency that nowadays
manifests itself as Palin Derangement Syndrome. Having studied the
phenomenon at close range — I
visited Alaska last year to explore the native habitat of
the original Palin-haters — I am familiar with the symptoms of the
disorder. Those in the thrall of PDS are willing to believe the
very worst about the former Alaska governor, and will say or do
anything that they think may hurt her, politically or
personally.
Even good news for Palin gets turned against her. Earlier
this month, the Bio cable network
announced a new reality series, starring daughter Bristol
Palin:
BIO has ordered ten half-hour episodes of an untitled Bristol
Palin/Massey brothers docu-series from Associated Television
International, it was announced today by David McKillop, Executive
Vice President, Programming, A&E Network and BIO Channel. The
series follows Bristol Palin’s move from Alaska to Los Angeles with
her son, Tripp, to work at a small charity in need while living
with her good friends Chris and Kyle Massey. The series is slated
to air in late 2011.
She’s the most famous single mother in America. And she became a
national media darling during her odds-defying, ratings
record-breaking run on “Dancing with the Stars.” Now as Bristol
Palin gears up for her work in this charity, she is allowing
cameras exclusive access into her personal life for the first
time.
While on “Dancing,” Bristol became extremely close with fellow
contestant, actor Kyle Massey. Since the show, Bristol, Kyle, and
Kyle’s brother, actor Christopher Massey, have become best friends;
so much so, that since Bristol and Tripp have to move to Los
Angeles for her new job, she decides to move in with the Massey
brothers who are also about to realize how much their lives are
about to change.
“Bristol is the kind of personality BIO is drawn to,” said
McKillop. “Her personal life has been playing out in the media for
several years but this will be the first time she’s opening up her
real life, with her son and her friends the Massey Brothers.”
Kyle Massey, 19, is an ex-child star best known for his
role as the pesky little brother on the Disney Channel sitcom,
That’s So Raven (2003-07). Bristol’s
new reality-show gig with Massey should be good news
for her and her family, but Palin Derangement Syndrome
dictates otherwise. A National Enquirer story that
got picked up and elaborated by the London Daily
Mail this week carries the headline, “Mama
Grizzly strikes again: Sarah Palin ‘furious’ at Bristol’s new
Disney Show star boyfriend.”
As might be expected, this rumor-mongering
story cites unnamed “sources” about an alleged romance
between Massey and Bristol: “Sarah is furious at Bristol for going
so quickly from man to man. She is doing her best to prevent
Bristol’s new relationship from being featured in the reality
show.”
Which would be very interesting, if true. But it’s not true,
according to Massey’s mother, Angel Massey:
“They are not dating,” she reveals while laughing. “They’re good
friends. I understand the media wants to push sales or whatever,
but no, they’re not dating.”
Angel goes on to say, “Both of our families gelled during
Dancing with the Stars. Sarah would be in the audience
cheering for Kyle, and we’d be in the audience rooting for Bristol.
We all became close.”
Mama Massey adds, “The Palins are really funny, nice and
genuinely warm to us.”
“Funny, nice and genuinely warm”? No wonder the liberal media
ignored Angel Massey’s denial. It would ruin their anti-Palin
narrative.
