The first story about Sarah Palin to hit the front page of Digg had the neutral title “McCain picks Alaska governor as running mate”. It was a CNN piece that broke the news and shot up the Digg “Top in All Topics” section to get over 5600 Diggs.
It’s all gone downhill ever since for the Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate as far as Digg users are concerned.
Ever since the first neutral story announcing John McCain’s selection, there have been 150 front page stories in 11 Days about Sarah Palin. All of them have had a negative spin. As far as Digg and social media is concerned, Sarah Palin is pure evil.
The first mini-wave of attacks focused on her opinions on the environment. Four stories hit the front page on the first day denouncing her stance on green issues with headlines such as “Palin denies global warming is man-made” and “Sarah Palin: A Champion For Big Oil“. Once that was established, the real attacks started hitting.
The weekend offered several interviews about Palin from friends and enemies all spun to depict her poorly in one way or another. There were several rumors offering proof that she was actually the grandmother of her youngest child. Scholars, former colleagues, and other political experts ripped her experience and choices made in the past. All of this was simply a precursor for the bomb that was about to be dropped on Monday.
We expected that the firestorm would slowly decrease as Diggers became bored with the topic. So far, the stories have continued to hit and the titles are becoming more and more outrageous. Here are some of the strangest headlines that have appeared on Digg over the last eleven days of Sarah Palin Digg-Love:
- How Can She Run a Country When she Can’t Run a Carwash?
- Gaffney: Palin Learned National Security “By Osmosis”
- Sarah Palin’s Corrupt Mis-Management of Dairy in Alaska
- The Issue Sarah Palin Must Address: I Want to See Her Naked
- Palin Wants Harry Potter Banned
Then, there is the top Palin story on Digg, courtesy of John Stewart. Here is the video that received over 14K Diggs:
Reddit is the same way.