'Bring Her Down': How the American Media Tried to Destroy Sarah Palin

by Gina Dalfonzo

When Gov. Sarah Palin was selected as the Republican vice presidential nominee, the mainstream media knew little about her. But many of its members did know one In the words of MSNBC journalist Mika Brzezinski, they wanted to "bring her down."

"'Bring Her Down': How the American Media Tried to Destroy Sarah Palin" examines these reporters' visceral reaction to the sudden prominence of a pro-life conservative woman, and the tactics they used to try to marginalize her. And it asks what their no-holds-barred approach means for the future of elections in this country, and for the future of America itself.

251 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 16, 2011

About the author

Gina Dalfonzo is the author of One by One: Welcoming the Singles in Your Church (Baker Books, 2017). She is the editor of Dickensblog and a columnist at Christ & Pop Culture. Her writing has been published in The Atlantic, Plough Quarterly, Christianity Today, First Things, The Weekly Standard, Guideposts, Aleteia, and OnFaith, among others. She lives in Virginia.