SNL's Debate Skits Drive Media Coverage
Hillary Clinton invoked the Saturday Night Live Debate skit in the Cleveland match-up, punctuated it by an appearance on the program, and successfully shifted the media narrative to media frenzy of self-flagellation.
The debate moment could easily have been interpreted as an extended "whine," an oddity in an otherwise serious encounter, but such was not the case. Why?
Attacking the Media:
The media often protests their independence and "balance" but when these "standards" are questioned they seem unable resist the vortex of reflection, self-incrimination, and "over" compensation. The common-wisdom argues that attacking the media is dangerous yet in the Cleveland instance it seems that wrapping the attack in humor and popular culture worked. (Stay tuned, however, as the jury is still out--the media has `some' memory.)
As Politico observed the essence of SNL "Pillow talk" was the media's neutrality.
Media response below the cut
