If a representative of the church came out now talking about "cute boys"...how do you think that would be covered...under a veil of how much good they do for society?

Doubt it very much.

And dismissing Palin's treatment because you don't feel her worthy of your time doesn't change the fact that the press did..and all but accused her of the shooting itself...but in this case they seemed much more worried about dismissing because of context (which, by the way, was exactly the same).