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.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
The Fix Is In
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She should just boycott the debate unless/until the moderator is replaced. This whole situation is insane.
That will just make her look bad. "If she can't face Gwen Ifill, how is she going to face the rogue leaders of the world?" The left wins either way. In their frantic efforts to get Obama elected, they have abandoned even the pretense of being unbiased.
what do you think the ratings are going to be?
I've decided I can't watch. Not like it could change my vote anyway.
I just hope she does well enough that long term none of this hurts her.
Now this is all over the news. I don't see that it will make a difference.
She is going to be moderating a debate, not interviewing.
This could work to Sarah's advantage. Either Gwen will ask softball questions for Biden's benefit, or she will ask tough questiins to make Palin look bad.
Or she will ask fair questions.
Biden will have to answer the same questions Palin will.
LR - Journalism question?
As attorneys we are required to tell every client or employer any conflicts of interest even if it is just an APPEARANCE of a conflict of interest. Do journalists have to do that too or have to do any kind of disclosure?
The First Amendment is pretty much a stay out of jail card. Journalists aren't held to any standards. They can lie to their heart's content, hide their associations, pretty much disgrace their profession in any method they find expedient. The only control over them is their personal ethics (pffft) and the organization that employs them. Fox News wouldn't let something like this occur, but MSNBC would burn Sarah at the stake -- literally -- if they could get away with it. PBS is TV for the limousine liberals, so they do their hatchet jobs in a more dignified manner -- hatred and bias in a Grey Poupon jar.
But now that this instance of fraud has been exposed, Ifill will have to watch her step, because people will pounce on ANY perceived bias. Nothing Iliff says will affect her career, because she works for the odious Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but it could well work in Sarah's favor, making her a sympathetic figure.
This is probably the only election in which I've actually watched the debates.
If this partisan money grubber doesn't step down, she will have tarnished her reputation forever.
There are no consequences for Democrats. You may recall that syndicated columnist Julianne Malveaux said of Clarence Thomas, "The man is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early, like many black men do, of heart disease. Well, that’s how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person." She's still around, spouting her nonsense in her columns, in speeches, and on PBS.
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