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Should Bob Schieffer Have Asked Eric Holder About The DOJ/Black Panther Case?
Mediaite.com ^ | 07/12/2010 | Steve Krakauer

Posted on 07/12/2010 1:19:34 PM PDT by OldDeckHand

CBS’ Bob Schieffer interviewed Attorney General Eric Holder for the entire half-hour Face the Nation on Sunday. He asked about Arizona immigration, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Guantanamo.

But he didn’t ask Holder about the Black Panther/DOJ case. Should he have?

I was on America Live with Megyn Kelly this afternoon to weigh in. While Schieffer didn’t ask Holder about it – and should have – none of the Sunday shows brought up the topic during any interview, including FOX News Sunday. In fact, as Kelly points out, the only person in the administration who has been asked about the story is Press Secretary Robert Gibbs – because our White House correspondent Tommy Christopher asked him.

Also, Kelly raised the possibility of two options – either Scheiffer “doesn’t care about the story” or CBS agreed to guidelines before the interview. I believe the first one, and a CBS source tells Mediaite he doubts any deal was in place before the interview.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; liberalmedia; mediabias; panther; pennsylvania; race; seebsnews; voting
I was disappointed that Chris Wallace didn't ask Axelrod about this, and specifically if Axelrod or any of his staff had ANY conversation with DoJ on this matter. Of course, it was a ridiculously short interview - probably all that Axelrod would agree to.
1 posted on 07/12/2010 1:19:38 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Yes.


2 posted on 07/12/2010 1:20:59 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: OldDeckHand

These guys only wants to throw creampuffs, no hardballs, lest they get on the regime’s bad side.


3 posted on 07/12/2010 1:22:24 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (The usurper 0bama regime is a "Clear and Present Danger" to AMERICA! - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: OldDeckHand

>> But he didn’t ask Holder about the Black Panther/DOJ case. Should he have?

Duh!

A real reporter would have. But of course Bob Scheiffer is NOT a real reporter. He’s a propagandist, and a darn good one at that.


4 posted on 07/12/2010 1:23:51 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: OldDeckHand

Schieffer has been alone on a desert island if he never heard of this story or possibly he only got the interview with the understanding he NOT ask questions on the subject. Either way he does not look good.


5 posted on 07/12/2010 1:27:19 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: OldDeckHand

Fox “News” is a joke, except for Glen Beck. Their “journalists” are spineless.


6 posted on 07/12/2010 1:28:16 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: OldDeckHand

Keep in mind that Mediaite is run by Dan Abrams. Former disgraced MSNBC host.

He’s as relevant as Howie Kurtz.


7 posted on 07/12/2010 1:29:18 PM PDT by Lance Romance
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To: OldDeckHand

As far as CBS is concerned, the Black Panther case does not exist. Who? What?


8 posted on 07/12/2010 1:31:30 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Just another example how the MSM gets their marching orders from the administration. Reminiscent of the way Pravda propagandized for the old Soviet Union.
9 posted on 07/12/2010 1:31:37 PM PDT by kenmcg
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To: Nervous Tick

It is bizarre he would frame his article this way. He was making excuses for Schieffer with Megan today. I don’t see why.


10 posted on 07/12/2010 1:33:11 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: kenmcg

The situation is so rotten MSM doesn’t need marching orders. They already understand how to be scumbags.


11 posted on 07/12/2010 1:35:22 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Lance Romance
"Former disgraced MSNBC host."

How exactly is "Dan Abrams" been disgraced? Was he part of some scandal that is not well known?

And, Abrams was fired by MSNBC because he didn't want to engage in kind of political blood sport that their newer anchors have engaged in.

Abrams may be a liberal, but he's a 1A champion, and Mediaite has a couple of writers that do write critical pieces of the media with respect to bias, much like this story.

12 posted on 07/12/2010 1:42:26 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

No. They are in bed together, with hands in each others’
rectum. It would be too disturbing.


13 posted on 07/12/2010 1:59:16 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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