Turkeys slaughtered as Palin addresses media

Who was keeping an eye on the Russians during all of this?

Okay so where does everyone think the turkey comes from?  HELLO!  I can't stand Palin but WHO CARES!  There are so many terrible things going on in the world this is so minor and not terrible.  HUMANS ARE OMNIVORES!  Face it.  Get on with your lives this so is not a big deal but of course the media made it into one.  Get over it.  If you don’t eat meat don’t watch it...do you people really think meat just magically appears? 

For those of you who believe the issue is centered around the preparation of turkeys, you're as much a dimwit as Sarah Palin is.

This is about her ability to reason and deliver a competent solution to a simple problem. In this case a problem with a solution that was clearly evident, yet Sarah Palin remained oblivious to.

The real issue is that Sarah Palin remains now and forever oblivious. She has no ability to even sense when she places herself or others at risk. Not a good trait for any office especially the POTUS.

(Key Words)  Oblivious ... Clueless ... Backwoods ... Valley Trash

Why?   You don't like the truth? Go live on a farm for a while.

I was raised on a farm, but her total lack of sensitivity still SUX!

We all know where our meat comes from (all of us over the age of 10 that is).  That is not the point.  We do not need Ms. Palin to give us a lesson in animal slaughter.  The point is that she has poor judgment and poor taste.  I too am tired of seeing her on my TV.  I just wish the media would quit feeding the beast.

Leave it to MSNBC to use the title "Turkeys slaughtered as Palin addresses media".  Last time I checked, the killing of chickens has not been made illegal as the use of "slaughter" would suggest.  I'm glad to see so many of the comments here are realistic and there is no confusion as to how we get our Thanksgiving turkeys.  Lets just make sure we keep being vocal when we are told that what we do is wrong and we need to change, whether it is eating meat, what we listen to, what we drive or numerous other things that seem to offensive to an elitist few. 

I haven't laughed so hard since WKRP did the turkey drop !

Everyone knows that the meats that we consume are slaughtered I don't believe that it needs to be seen on national television, we all see enough horrors in our life.  I don't blame Palin, I blame the interviewers, they could have moved her over to where the live turkeys were.  I grew up in a hunting family from Maine, I ate venison, I never killed it myself, I'd help clean it but not take it's life.  Some people have no problem taking a life, others do.  Don't get your knickers all in a bunch because some people don't care to watch the slaughter.  Those of you who do are the ones who probably try and run down animals in the road.  TO EACH HIS OWN THIS IS AMERICA.

Sarah Palin's 15 minutes are up.  Stop shoving a microphone into her face.  No one with any intelligence cares what she has to say!!

I think it is a shame that people keep harping on everything the lady does.  The media choses what to show and they have been continually trying to find fault with her.  No one is perfect.  I'm sure the media will come up with all types of negative things about Obama and Biden when the new wears off on Palin.....

I wish for once they would start focusing on what is good about our elected, maybe we would have more confindence in their decision making.  She is a good person and wants to do what is right, lets give her a chance to make a difference.

I hope the next women who runs for office doesn't have to go through what she has. 

Just one  more jab at Sarah Palin & the more jabs the more people realize there must be something good about her

OK, BB, I will concede the point. She is good for something. COMEDIC RELIEF!

I am a meat eater, but, to say it doesn't bother someone to see a living creature slaughtered is a sick minded person and a poor excuse for a human being.

 "She pardons one turkey and watches the rest get be-headed. Why don't have your kids or grandkids watch the video and get their reaction?"

This grammatically incorrect comment was posted by the infamous "Take No Prisoners"

     We would be so fortunate if Obama had pardoned "America" with his sharing of the wealth while showing the slaughter of all the millions of hard WORKING AMERICANS who would foot the bill.  Those of us who can actually keep a job long enough to draw retirement down the road or save enough to buy a house, only to have it all ripped in half by taxes.

     It apparently only takes a smiling face and a pleasant background to win over the majority of "America".  Luckily there are still some of us who pay attention to what is going on in the background to see through the smiling face and pretty promises. Speaking of "grandkids", it makes me sick to know what kind of dilapidated world we are going to pass off to them.

Looks like MSNBC (and the rest of the liberal media) will stop at nothing to make Palin look bad.  Since it's occurring BEHIND her, wouldn't it make more sense for the cameraman to either mention something about what was going on (since he's the one watching it) or at the VERY least, not frame the shot to include the carnage (did anyone else notice that Palin is at the far left instead of centered)?  A competent cameraman (or at least one without a left-wing agenda) could have easily turned the camera (or tightened the shot) to block out the view. 

In the interests of accuracy I'm afraid I misquoted what her staff said afterwards. They said that when she was asked about having the turkey slaughter as a background she said "No worries" and not "no big deal". I apologize.

;-)

      As a professionally trained photojournalist, I can only look at this as an example of professional misconduct and lack of journalistic ethics.  Had I done something like this in graduate school, the instructor probably would have flunked me for lack of objectivity.  Poor taste would have been sufficient grounds.  The videographer, not Palin, chose where he/she would stand with the camera and what would appear in the background.  Inded, the videographer chose the "depth of field" that determined what was in focus.  There is a possibility that it was simply a inexperienced or clumsy videographer, but the framing and focusing of the turkey processor is good -- so good that it appears that he not Palin was the subject matter.
     Palin obviously had no idea what was going on in the background, as the MSNBC script reader admits.  The point is all too obvious that viewers will wrongly and emotionally associate Palin with the events in the background -- and too many have naively followed the script.  In the business, this is what we call prejudice -- it is certainly not news.
     So, if I would have flunked my course for pulling such a stunt in graduate school, on the basis of ethics and objectivity, what kind of consequences will come to those an MSNBC who are responsible for this?

Once again you only answer what you want to, what about Obama? Try and pay attention.

Obama is not the topic of this seed son, turkey's like Palin are. Try and keep up!

Once again you need to read a little deeper, I didn't mention Obama first it was in the statement that I responded to.

The US Code (Titles 4 and 36) specifies four circumstances for rendering the hand-over-heart salute:

1. When the US flag is raised or lowered
2. When the US flag is carried past in a review or parade
3. When reciting the pledge of allegiance
4. When the national anthem is played

The saluter should face the flag in all cases. If the national anthem is played when the flag is not displayed, the saluter should face the source of the music.

Just for your edification.

Obama is not the topic of this seed son, turkey's like Palin are. Try and keep up!

Once again you only answer what you want to, what about Obama? Try and pay attention.

RD, I think we are wasting our words. Maybe we should throw in some "you betchas" and "boy howdys" and throw in a few blah, blahs, a couple of inane ramblings and a wink. That should make it more understandable for them.

did you see all those democrats in the cage behind palin?

Sara is just where she needs to be; back in Alaska where she can keep an eye on Russia. 

This lady is a rambling IDIOT! I know she has a few admirers that will run to her aide and suggest that the media is treating her unfairly.   I just pray that she just STFU and go back to dumpster diving or simply sit in a corner and finish chewing on a fresh steamy bucket of moose nuts! First, please return the 150K clothes back to the GOP!. oh wait give back the over 300 days of fraudulent per deim claims that she you handedthe tax payers of Alaska. Or maybe she can give back the money for trotting her kids around the country at the tax payers expense. Palin actually does make Dan Qualye look super smart.

Eldon,,,,,  Professional misconduct by a professionally trained photojournalist you say ??

Maybe he should have kept the camera off to hide her chubby cheeks & fat head -- Perhaps the sound man should have left the sound off to hide her stupidity

Eldon,,,, A professionally trained photojournalist couldn't make her look intelligent anymore than $250,000 of "Elite" clothing  could  ------ She's an idiot

It's her cluelessness that is astounding.  Not that the turkeys have to die before you eat them.  Like Pedro said, it kind of ruins the nice act of picking a turkey to live...