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Sarah Palin, Glen Rice, And The FleetingWho Cares? Standard

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wo$e up this morning to a 'witter feed full of references to a one-night stand that Sarah )alin

allegedly had in "912 when she was a single woman. ecause the tryst supposedly in4ol4edformer 5+ star %len ice! the story lit up across the board -- politics! media! sports! and gossip

blogs ran it! most of them citing theNational Enquirerby way of oe #c%inniss7s new boo$

about the e8-go4ernor. #ost mainstream sources! to their credit! didn7twaste a blurb on thisre4elation. ,or those that did! outrage followed.

,or the umpteenth time! we find oursel4es bac$ here in this 4ery familiar and unsettling spot that

forces us to debate the merits of co4ering what7s happening in Sarah )alin7s life when anyonecan plainly see that the answer is absolutely nothing. ther bits about )alin that lea$ed re4eal she

used cocaine! she cheated on her husband with one of his business partners! and that she7s mean

to her $ids. e7ll ha4e to wait a wee$ to find out how #c%inniss got this information! and whyany of it matters. +n earlyNew York Timesre4iew saysit doesn7t.;

Some reporters tried to spin the storyto show its significance through portraying )alin as a

hypocrite for ad4ocating abstinence only for us to disco4er she didn7t heed her message. 'his!too! fits a narrati4e. n the ctober issue of theAtlantic!*a4id %reenberg says!

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trumps all! and it appears that his tactics and tips are all but forgotten and forgi4en. e e8pect

daily reporters to use good =udgment and common sense in a way we don7t from writers see$ing

a best-seller. nce the story was out there today! it was unbelie4ably hard to pass up.

hyB n short! because )alin absolutely fascinates us. t7s why boo$s ha4e been written about

her! why mo4ies will follow! and why the Washington Post7s *ana #ilban$ famously too$ amonth reprie4efrom reporting about her. e all e8perience )alin fatigue! yet we still can7t stay

away when the ne8t =uicy story drops. 'hrough all of )alin7s ,o8 5ews appearances! dissection

of her emails! bus tour! family saga! there are people wondering aloud