“If anything, she’s got to be really careful with her questioning of Sarah Palin.”
yeah, right....
On the plus side, Ifill probably hates Palin and Biden equally. They are both white.
The subject of the book has been common knowledge for months, Time or Newsweek were mentioning it over the summer. And now, all of a sudden, the McCain camp is hearing about it? Are they that behind the times? Or is this a potential excuse for a poor Palin performance tonight?
I was looking forward to this debate, now it reeks of deceit and treachery.
No conflict of interest here.
Move along, move along.....
““It’s probably not the greatest thing on Earth that she is in that role and it’s probably going to really force her to be fully even-handed,””
Wouldn’t you expect her to be even handed anyway, like Jim Lehrer was?
Ifill’s worse than simply a partisan hack.
She has been despicably dishonest with everyone from the get-go in agreeing to “moderate” tonight’s debate.
She needs to be thrown out of the debate, and someone more “impartial” and “fair” put in . . . like, . . . um, er . . . Dan Rather.
Talk about a deeper problem - She couldn’t have been less phased about the criticism and more dismissive or patronizing of the “blog chatter” - she was oddly confident that she would not be removed: “I’ve got a pretty long track record covering politics and news, so I’m not particularly worried that one-day blog chatter is going to destroy my reputation,” Ifill said. “The proof is in the pudding. They can watch the debate tomorrow night and make their own decisions about whether or not I’ve done my job.”
“Ifill said Obama’s story, which she has yet to write, is only a small part of the book, which discusses how politics in the black community have changed since the civil rights era. Among those subjects is Colin Powell, secretary of state in the Bush administration.”
I wonder if her publisher knew Colin Powell was going to be written about before yesterday.
Nothing new about her biases:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095076/posts
Ifill Has Likened Conservatives to Terrorists, Truck Bombers, and Assassins (From 2004)
Media Research ^ | 10/4/04 | Tim Graham and Rich Noyes
Why the uproar about the book. Once you say she is from PBS all pretense to impartiality has flown out the window....
“I’ve got a pretty long track record covering politics and news, so I’m not particularly worried that one-day blog chatter is going to destroy my reputation,” Ifill told the Associated Press. “The proof is in the pudding. They can watch the debate tomorrow night and make their own decisions about whether or not I’ve done my job.” Ifill
WRONG ANSWER, GWEN.
Arrogance.
She already didn’t do her job by failing to inform the debate committee about her conflict of interest: cashing in big time on an Obama win.
There’s no difference between this lying leftist anti-journalist and all the other lying leftist anti-journalists. Some write books; some don’t. Meaningless.
Gwen got her Man Hands caught in the cookie jar.
Ifill is in a no lose situation.
-—she has a book deal no matter
-—PB$ big donors will take care of her no matter
-—MSM has her back
-—race card for last resort
-—if Palin stumbles, the MSM will shift all guns to her and the public will follow
-—if Biden stumbles, nothing
In a couple of days, Ifill will be long forgotten. The damage done and McCain-Palin will not get help from MSM.
Best case scenario is Palin knocks it out of the park. That may very well happen, but remember the clip after Palin’s speech at the RNC....she hammered Palin after the great performance and so will the MSM after tonight.
I’m trying to be optimistic about tonight, but its very hard.
Gut her like a moose!
The timing of the tome, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Alan Keys,” which is scheduled to debut on Inauguration Day, has also called into question Ifill’s impartiality as referee of the Sarah Palin-Joe Biden debate, which is shaping up to be the most watched in history.
Ax her that question, and see if she would even address the issue. I think NOT.