MSNBC’s Chris Matthews had this to say on “The Morning Joe” this morning about a possible Sarah Palin presidential candidacy in 2012:

An early knockout is the way she can win. The media will try to destroy her, of course, but if she goes early, wins early, I think she can win it before anyone can stop her.

On the panel discussing Palin’s political future were MSNBC senior political analyst Mark Halperin and former Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle. Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com noticed something interesting:

Notice that no one objects to this characterization of the media on this panel of, er, media personalities. No one questions whether that is actually the media’s job, to intentionally try to destroy political candidates. It’s all just a given. Palin runs, media will attempt to destroy her — and it serves as an implicit admission that the media did exactly that in 2008.