Posted by
Mike Bates on Friday, October 03, 2008 8:04:40 PM
The Associated Press reported today that
Sarah and Todd Palin have released their 2006 and 2007 tax returns. The release concluded:
The McCain-Palin campaign had said the tax returns
would be released Monday, but it suddenly put them out Friday afternoon
— a time long used by government to reveal embarrassing news because
few people watch TV or read newspapers Friday evening and Saturday.
Interestingly, Joe and Jill Biden also released tax returns on a Friday. In their case it was September 12. The AP began its report:
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his
wife on Friday released a decade of their personal financial records,
showing a veteran U.S. senator who earned less than many of his
congressional colleagues.
Oddly, no mention was made that Friday is "a time long used by government to reveal embarrassing news."
Nor did the AP note in today's report that the
more than $8,000 donated to charity by the Palins in the last two years
more than doubles the charitable contributions of the Bidens for the
past ten years.
Perhaps there will be embarrassing information in the Palins' tax
returns and that's why they were released on a Friday. But why didn't
AP advise its readers of that possibility with the Bidens' returns less
than a month ago?
We all know the answer to that question. But it might be
embarrassing for the AP to admit it. Maybe the news service should
wait until a Friday to reveal the answer.