The report by Matt Drudge that Oprah Winfrey will not allow Governor Sarah Palin to appear will get a lot of attention. My guess is it’ll hurt Oprah and provide an opening to the McCain campaign. It will simply reinforce what every sentient being knows to be true: In the world of television, including various news departments in America, the deck is stacked against McCain and Palin. Michael Jordan was wise, I thought, to stay away from using his immense popularity on behalf of political causes. Oprah Winfrey has taken another tack. Campaigning for Obama may have been fine, but my instinct is lots of people will think keeping Sarah Palin off her show (after having Obama on it) isn’t. Sarah Palin is a logical, natural fit for the show. Keeping her off of it will just add a few logs onto the blazing conservative fire which regards the media’s treatment of Palin to have been, so far, disgraceful.