Vanity Fair: They all look alike

  Who can read this poignant piece by Dr. Gina Louden without feeling great empathy with its author? 
  Why did the Vanity Fair author (Gross), who was told repeatedly that the child did not belong to Palin, confuse the Down Syndrome child with Palin's? 
  Because he was looking for a story that he had already written. He had already decided, carelessly and without forethought, that all Down Syndrome children were the same. There was no personality, no individuality, no distinction between children who have Down Syndrome.
  Yet Gross writes about the child who was whisked away by a nanny, as if he were Palin's, not choosing to see the children as different people with different parents:

As first reported by Politico on Thursday, the baby in the carriage is not Trig; it's the young son of St. Louis conservative activist Gina Loudon, whose child, Samuel, also has Down syndrome.

Loudon, a former candidate for State Senate who's become increasingly involved in Tea Party politics, did advance work for Palin in the 2008 campaign. The two developed a personal bond because both their children were born with Down syndrome.

After the piece appeared in the current edition of Vanity Fair, Loudon said she was sent the piece by supporters who knew it was Samuel, and not Trig, at the May event near Kansas City.

The truth is that the Vanity Fair was a despicable hit piece, meant to totally destroy Sarah Palin, if she should decide to run for the presidency. How journalism has sunk so low is a mystery. 
  Read at Big Journalism the story by Dr. Gina Louden, who was there, and rejects the stereotype and trashing of Governor Sarah Palin:

I have read a lot of MSM slime over the years, but never, ever have I felt subjected to a more jealous, petty, sophomoric, disturbed piece of ragslime than I do after reading this latest on Sarah Palin.   Gross left nothing alone.  He attacked her beauty, intelligence, marriage, parents, friends, family, children, ability, sincerity, honesty, faith, state, husband, home, shoes, speeches, pastor, book, job, cooking, hunting skills, supporters, church, weight, undergarments… the list goes on.  I honestly cannot think of anything about her that he did not attack.