"A Genuinely Significant Difference"

Two paragraphs, out of order, from "How Sarah Palin could change the media, and why she won't" by Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/07/29/how-sarah-palin-could-change-the-media-and-why-she-wont/


"This has always been the great contradiction of Palin's career. When she arrived on the national stage, Palin's family members and her fluidity in talking about them were a significant part of her appeal. But Palin also got plenty of clear signals that there were rewards to be had in playing to ugly, inflammatory political narratives, and she did not stint in pursuing them."


"Watching Palin read to and play with Trig is a genuinely affecting display of emotion and patience. And when Palin discusses the teachers and therapists who work with children like Trig, helping him learn to speak and eat solid food, her concern and hopes for him are both modest and clear. If Palin were going to embark on a focused media career, this is a place where she could tell stories that are often excluded from mass culture and where she could make a genuinely significant difference."