This past Friday, a release of information occurred that could have monstrous implications for the future of our country. The impact could be greater than the release of the President’s birth certificate.or have no real impact at all.

Last Friday at 9 a.m. Alaska time, over 24,000 pages of emails from the first 21 months of Sarah Palin’s term as Governor were released to the media, who quickly snatched up their sets of 55-pound boxes and began to search the contents. The emails were conversations between Palin and her gubernatorial staff, almost certainly discussing some scoop for the media to reveal to the world.

Apparently, the New York Times and Washington Post did not want to miss any juicy details they could get the scoop with, and did not expect their paid staff to be able to review 13,000 emails fast enough. So, as a result, the two papers put out a request for help from their readers, and as of today, enough information has been found to report that Sarah Palin was.a hard-working governor who complained about some perceivably biased and strange media inquiries, dealt with death threats and rumors that her son Trig was not hers, and had angled for the 2008 Vice-Presidential candidacy. Yep, Sarah Palin is now forever finished as a political voice.or not.

In reality, this entire charade put on by the Old Guard media has shown how far they have fallen. Do they really need to go so far as to enlist their own readers to find potential dirt on Sarah Palin? Apparently the Old Guard media is trying find the dirty information on Palin that they know must exist somewhere out there-information that could ruin a potential run for the Presidency. As a result, the Old Guard media probably did not expect that they would end up helping Palin more than hurting her with this instance.

What the emails show so far is that Palin was an engaged and involved governor who wanted to protect her image and her family just as any normal person (or politician) would. Regardless of one’s opinion about her, the media’s attempt is truly a ridiculous and disgraceful way to scrutinize Sarah Palin. The fact is she has not even given a real indication she intends to run for President in 2012, but shhh! Don’t tell that to the Post or the Times. Instead, let them believe they have discovered by themselves exactly what Palin’s spokesman told them prior to the email’s release:

“The thousands upon thousands of emails released today show a very engaged Governor Sarah Palin being the CEO of her state. The emails detail a Governor hard at work. Everyone should read them.”

Greg Sainer is a senior communication studies major. He can be reached at 581-7942 or at DENopinions@gmail.com