"McBride, who worked as a reporter at KMVT-TV during the mid-1980s, was appointed Palin’s rural adviser in 2007, dealing with Alaska Native affairs. She got the job in part because of her reporting on rural issues for Anchorage television station KTUU and before that for KYUK, a public radio and television station in Bethel, Alaska. But after she was hired, Palin and senior members of her staff rebuffed McBride’s efforts to meet with her and with Native leaders. “It became very clear what her priorities were and what they were not,” McBride told Dunn. “Alaska Native issues were not on her radar."
— YOU DON’T SAY: Another Palin insider critic: this one with Twin Falls ties
