This time Palin stands up FOX News—yes, FOX News.

And the media elite rolls right over—again. “Regardless of” Palin ducking a scheduled interview at the last minute, the FOX News anchor says, “we will still bring you the Palin event live when she starts speaking.”

With just 24 hours left in this campaign, it’s probably a little late for the media to grow a fucking set, but… grow a fucking set already. FOX News, CNN, MSNCB, NYT, WSJ, AP, Washington Post, et al: Refusing to cover campaign events—refusing to provide airtime and print—is the only leverage you have over national politicians who attempt to evade necessary media scrutiny and duck tough questions. She’s not obligated—obviously—to answer questions. But you are not obligated to “bring [us] the Plain event live” either. The McCain/Palin campaign, like all other national political campaigns, desperately wants you to cover their campaign events—it’s the reason they have campaign event and rallies at all. When you cover campaign rallies featuring politicians who won’t make themselves available to you, when you cover campaign events featuring politicians who don’t answer questions or hold press conferences, you’re not covering the campaign. You’re airing campaign commercials.

UPDATE: Good point, Think Progress:

Palin even had time this weekend for a seven-minute phone conversation with comedians posing as French president Nicholas Sarkozy. But when it comes to finding ten minutes to meet with someone who might be a tough interviewer—even on Fox News—like Kelly, Palin suddenly has no time left in her schedule.