By the looks of Newsweek, at least part of the liberal MSM is solidly behind Palin. They really do not like Bachmann though and their attacks are more numerous as her popularity grows.
Give them a month and they will be back to their typically nasty self.
Part of the fact is that the media like Newsweek needs money and Sarah sells, i bet their advertisement on the page of the Sarah article shot up dramatically
But the most important thing is that Sarah plays hardball with the media - those who are fair gets exclusives with her like Scott Conroy of RealClearPolitics; those who are not fair gets shutout, some of the liberal media now understands that she is the biggest bulb in politics today and she isn’t going away and that she sells and they can either be on the sidelines like the NYT or be in on the action just by posting fair articles or reports.
I don’t think Bachmann, who I like for her excellent attacks on Obama, is going to go very far this cycle, but I admit to not having a crystal ball either. It looks like she is appropriately raing her stature, can’t blame her.