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September 30, 2008
VP debate "moderator" in the tank for Obama
Topics: Political News and commentariesPBS anchor Gwen Ifill, who will moderate Thursday's only vice presidential debate, is an Obama supporter and clearly in the tank for him.
First, to give you a sense of just how ridiculous it is to have Ifill serve as "moderator" of the Palin/Biden debate, check out this video clip of Ifill's reaction to Palin's RNC speech. She's obviously negative, shaking her head as in disgust through the entire clip:
Here's Obama and Ifill - not exactly strangers.
Ifill might try to deflect questions about her impartiality, however, her biases -- and her conflict of interest -- are clear:
A debate "moderator" in the tank for ObamaContinue reading: A debate "moderator" in the tank for Obama. The degree that Ifill is in the tank for Obama will astound you.
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2008[...] My dictionary defines "moderator" as "the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting." On Thursday, PBS anchor Gwen Ifill will serve as moderator for the first and only vice presidential debate. The stakes are high. The Commission on Presidential Debates, with the assent of the two campaigns, decided not to impose any guidelines on her duties or questions.
But there is nothing "moderate" about where Ifill stands on Barack Obama. She's so far in the tank for the Democrat presidential candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running out.
In an imaginary world where liberal journalists are held to the same standards as everyone else, Ifill would be required to make a full disclosure at the start of the debate. She would be required to turn to the cameras and tell the national audience that she has a book coming out on January 20, 2009 - a date that just happens to coincide with the inauguration of the next president of the United States.
The title of Ifill's book? "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." Nonpartisan my foot.Ifill's publisher, Random House, is already busy hyping the book with YouTube clips of Ifill heaping praise on her subjects, including Obama and Obama-endorsing Mass. Governor Deval Patrick.
[...] Ifill and her publisher are banking on an Obama/Biden win to buoy her book sales. The moderator expected to treat both sides fairly has grandiosely declared this the "Age of Obama." Can you imagine a right-leaning journalist writing a book about the "stunning" McCain campaign and its "bold" path to reform timed for release on Inauguration Day - and then expecting a slot as a moderator for the nation's sole vice presidential debate?
Excuse me for asking, and surely I don't want to seem racist (although, frankly, I could give a damned less it you think so), but how in the hell is it that a Black woman that writes about Barack Obama, is close to his campaign, and who is banking on an Obama/Biden win to buoy her book sales, is selected to "moderate" such an important debate between Sarah Palin and her own candidate? Has NPR lost all sense of journalistic standards? Is the Commission on Presidential Debates also in the tank for Obama? How could a reasonable mind think otherwise, given their selection of Ifill as the moderator in spite of her blatently obvious conflict of interest? And why has the Republican Party agreed to such shenanigans?
Posted by Richard at September 30, 2008 10:49 PM
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