They can't even report it without bias. She wasn't "unsure" about how to define the Bush doctrine. There were several things called "the Bush doctrine". She didn't try to read Gibsons mind and divine what he was thinking. She made him define what he meant before answering his question about the "Bush doctrine"
“She didn’t try to read Gibsons mind and divine what he was thinking. She made him define what he meant before answering his question about the ‘Bush doctrine.’”
With respect to Palin, this was a mistake. Media relations dictates that the interviewee seize every opportunity to define the terms of debate. By failing to do so, and punting the question back to Gibson, she at once appeared indecisive or ignorant and allowed Gibson to snort derisively in revealing HIS definition, as though that were the only one conceivable.
So, not an admission of ignorance, as some put it, but still a misplayed media moment which further coaching can, theoretically address.