the media has picked on palin.
she's not competent to be president, mind you.
but she's like britney or lindsey or any other running joke. She is great for ratings because 60% of people think she's a clod, but 100% will watch a news story on her. Like a train wreck in slow-mo you just can't stop looking at.
Was she incompetent in the Couric interview? Yes.
Did Tina Fey probably turn the election with her impressions of her? Oh yeah.
She was fairly ridiculed, but they did go overboard. However, she keeps inserting herself into the news every 2 weeks like clockwork, so she loves it.