Media Jacka$$es

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The column by CBS editor Dan Farber is called "Palin Plays the Victim Card." Farber wrote that Palin "appears to be tone deaf to Giffords statement that there are consequences to actions. The consequences of Palin's crosshairs may not be directly related to the shooting rampage in Tucson and assassination attempt, but they are related to the level of divisiveness in the country." And: "The likely presidential aspirant doesn't seem to take any responsibility for ratcheting up the political dialog or believe that there is any need to moderate the tone of political discourse in America."

What a crock. Palin isn't "playing the victim card" (I await the day when Farber accuses a black liberal or radical like Al Sharpton of "playing the race card," even though Sharpton does it every day of his life); she actually is a victim. The furious and outrageous verbal assault on her in the wake of the shootings has made her a victim indeed. How would Farber like being treated as an accessory to mass murder?