TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro doesn't have much in common with GOP nominee Sarah Palin -- except media coverage, a researcher says.
Dr. Janis Edwards, director of "the Palin Watch" at The University of Alabama, says 24 years and a gulf of ideology separates the first two women who ran on a major party ticket. However, Edwards says the way the media talk about Palin and Ferraro hasn't changed -- newspapers around North America have used similar media frames to describe these very different women, who made vice-presidential runs at different times for different parties.