There exists no better example of the conservative media's culture of victimization than Sarah Palin. In the eyes of the right-wing media, she's infallible. If she stumbles in an interview, it's the fault of the overly aggressive and biased interviewer. If she gets caught in an obvious falsehood (e.g. Bridge to Nowhere), they painfully contort both facts and logic to show that she's actually right. In short, Palin can do no wrong, and it's all the vicious liberals' fault.

Armed with that worldview, NewsBuster Scott Whitlock went after Good Morning America's Kate Snow this morning for having the temerity to “repeatedly fact check” Palin's new memoir. Things quickly degenerated [emphasis in original]:

Snow began the piece on Palin and her book Going Rogue by pointing out that “the blitz has begun and so has the fact checking.” She then launched into a series of supposed corrections:

KATE SNOW: In her book, Palin says top aide Steve Schmidt yelled at her over the phone. “The force of his screaming blew my hair back. How could anyone be so stupid?” But, staffers say there was no yelling, just an e-mail saying “Who set this up? Are you kidding me?” And then there's Saturday Night Live. In her book, Palin says she wanted to appear on the show. “Let's go on and neutralize some of this and have some fun.” But, in an e-mail Palin writes “These folks are whack. What's the upside in giving them or any celebrity venue a ratings boost?”

The 2008 campaign is over. Why is GMA relying on anonymous e-mails from disgruntled staffers to rebuff Palin? (Secondly, is it possible there could have been both e-mails and yelling?)

“Anonymous e-mails from disgruntled staffers”? Of the two e-mails Whitlock referenced, one was written by Palin herself. He highlighted it in the transcript. ABC let Palin do the debunking for them.

But even when Palin exposes herself as a liar, the right-wing won't have any of it.