Jed Gottlieb of the Boston Herald Slams Sarah Palin For No Reason- The Need For Political Safe Zones

The Corner had a piece up today that caught my eye.

Governor Spears or Britney Palin [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Entertainment commentary in the Boston Herald:
Britney is not Madonna. She just ain’t.

Madonna is Hillary Clinton. She’s whip smart and survives, even thrives by adapting. And Lord knows she wants it more than anyone.
Britney is Sarah Palin. Baby drama headlines. Podunk back story and a massive industry machine behind her. She’s a manufactured star aimed at the lowest common denominator.

I suspect I'll be seeing that quote again when the Media Research Council does its 2009 round-up.
03/17 10:22 AMShare.

One must ask how this got past a Editor. Do they have those things at Newspapers anymore. This very much reminded me of this piece that caused a lot of amens. See The Conductor’s Podium as Political Platform and the related post My Kingdom for a Safe Zone

I think this is very related. Can one imagine if on the Sport's page a writer for the Herald for no reason injected politics into a piece on the local High School football team? There would be a outrage.

Now entertainment often touches on politics and commentary of that nature has a particular place. But how does that happen here?

We need political safe zones whether you are on the left or the right and that goes for concerts or news about singers.

The arrogance of some in the media is breathtaking. Who cares what Mr Gottlieb thinks of Governor Palin. We are reading about Brittney Spears not Alaska and National Politics.

If he wants to talk about that maybe he should apply for a different position or get a blog.