https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/06/26/fox40-covers-sarah-palin-at-cal-state-forgets-all-mics-are-hot-rule/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:43:33 -0400<![CDATA[If there&#8217;s a theme that ties this week&#8217;s events together, it&#8217;s to assume that all mics are hot, all emails risk becoming public, and all information captured by journalists no matter how off the record will eventually escape. David Brooks of the New York Times calls it &#8220;the Culture of Exposure,&#8221; dating it back to the 1960s and media coverage of the Vietnam War. (Which seems fair, as his employer leaking the Pentagon Papers was an early example of the Culture of Exposure as it was just taking off.)]]>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:09:55 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2010/06/26/fox40-covers-sarah-palin-at-cal-state-forgets-all-mics-are-hot-rule-n251962