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Originally Posted by KSig RC
It's less "pressing" because of the nature of Palin's public vetting - I don't see why you're up in arms that "new News" takes precedent over "old News" during any given cycle. Additionally, the handling of Palin really made context control difficult - all you had were two interviews that went mediocre-to-poor, then a press corps scrambling to find any story to put up and fill the audience's hunger.
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Also, Palin was a virtual unknown, and we all wanted to get as much information about her as possible. Joe Biden, we knew stuff about. We all knew he was kinda batshit. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, was a total mystery!
When I went on my vacation to Puerto Rico the Thursday before Labor Day, McCain hadn't picked a running mate. I didn't follow the news because I was on the beach drinking mojitos the whole weekend. So, when I got back to the mainland, not only had McCain selected a running mate, she was a virtual unknown with a LOT of crazy stuff going on. So, even though I ended up not liking her, I was very hungry for information about her from the beginning. I bet this happened to some extent with the media.