"Gotcha Journalism" Goes Awry: Profoundly Moving E-Mail Found Among Palin Stash
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
It's a classic case of "gotcha journalism" gone awry. The media frenzy over the release of thousands of e-mails from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin uncovered nothing incriminating but plenty of evidence that she was a hard-working civil servant. And among the stash was one e-mail about her son, Trig, that some say could alter America's perception of her forever.