Nothing came close.
Reviewing the year of Mainstream Media Screams and screeches for a 2014 title winner, nothing reached the decibel level of CNN anchor Carol Costello mocking an attack on Bristol Palin, daughter of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
“Sit back and enjoy,” was how she introduced audio of the alleged attack, a gleeful statement she later backtracked from.
“Okay. I’m just going to come right out and say it: This is quite possibly the best minute and a half of audio we’ve ever come across — well, come across in a long time anyway. A massive brawl in Anchorage, Alaska, reportedly involving Sarah Palin’s kids and her husband. It was sparked after someone pushed one of her daughters at a party. … And now police have released audio of that interview. It does include some rather colorful language from Bristol. Here now is Bristol’s recollection of how that night unfolded. So sit back and enjoy.”
— CNN Newsroom anchor Carol Costello on October 22, introducing audio of Bristol Palin describing how a man shoved her, dragged her on the ground and repeatedly cursed at her.
Thanks goes to Brent Baker of the Media Research Center, which helps Secrets filter weekly through the long collection of rants from media bigshots.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
