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ABC News scrambles to cover up Barack Obama’s attendance at VP debate moderator’s wedding
The Daily Caller ^ | 10/10/2012

Posted on 10/09/2012 10:16:45 PM PDT by george76

Barack Obama was a guest at the 1991 wedding of ABC senior foreign correspondent and vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz, The Daily Caller has learned. Obama and groom Julius Genachowski, whom Obama would later tap to head the Federal Communications Commission, were Harvard Law School classmates at the time and members of the Harvard Law Review.

After TheDC made preliminary inquiries Monday to confirm Obama’s attendance at the wedding, ABC leaked a pre-emptive statement to liberal-leaning news outlets including Politico and The Daily Beast Tuesday, revealing what may have been internal network pressure felt just days before Raddatz was scheduled to moderate the one and only vice-presidential debate Thursday night.

Both Politico and The Daily Beast jumped to ABC and Raddatz’s defense. The Huffington Post, another liberal news outlet, joined them shortly thereafter, while calling “unusual” ABC’s attempt to kill the story before it gained wide circulation.

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On Monday evening ABC spokesman David Ford grudgingly confirmed Obama’s attendance at the wedding, after shielding Raddatz in August

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


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1 posted on 10/09/2012 10:16:49 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76
moderator Martha Raddatz
moderator Martha Rattatz - There fixed.
2 posted on 10/09/2012 10:22:58 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: george76

Raddaz should pull herself out of the debate due to conflict of interest.


3 posted on 10/09/2012 10:23:49 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: Nachum

Ping.


4 posted on 10/09/2012 10:24:37 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Nachum; LucyT

Ping.


5 posted on 10/09/2012 10:26:33 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (The pundits have forgotten the 2010 elections.)
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To: george76

just business as usual for the liberal rat media...


6 posted on 10/09/2012 10:27:10 PM PDT by Tamzee (The U.S. re-electing Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and ramming the iceberg again.)
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To: george76

Well Well Well, looks like the fix is in..she probably already gave Biden the questions so he knows exactly what he has to do..but it won’t matter, Paul Ryan will win no matter what, but this woman should recuse herself because she is obviously biased towards Obama


7 posted on 10/09/2012 10:27:14 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: george76

MSM Circle Jerk.


8 posted on 10/09/2012 10:30:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: george76
calling “unusual” ABC’s attempt to kill the story before it gained wide circulation.

I see nothing unusual at all about ABC trying to kill a story (with possible negative implications for Obama) before it goes wide. In fact, I would call that a matter of policy, standard operating procedure.

9 posted on 10/09/2012 10:31:03 PM PDT by newheart (The greatest trick the left ever pulled was convincing the world it was not a religion.)
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To: george76

Who’d a thunk such a thing could happen.


10 posted on 10/09/2012 10:31:15 PM PDT by Beer30
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To: Beer30

Great handle.

Welcome to the FReeps.


11 posted on 10/09/2012 10:33:56 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (The pundits have forgotten the 2010 elections.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

Thanks Army Air Corps, Jet Jaguar

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


12 posted on 10/09/2012 10:34:09 PM PDT by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Secret Agent Man
As Slo Joe would say, "This is a big F'ing deal".

Sorry, somebody had to say it.

13 posted on 10/09/2012 10:34:30 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: newheart

Hopefully, Rush, Drudge, Mark, Sean or the Romney team picks this up.


14 posted on 10/09/2012 10:35:20 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: george76

bttt


15 posted on 10/09/2012 10:35:56 PM PDT by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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To: george76

I have never ever heard of this woman now I see. Is this unusual for a friend to moderate a debate for your VP?


16 posted on 10/09/2012 10:38:08 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Beer30

The irony is that ABC is actually drawing attention to the connection by trying to play it down. And in all fairness the fact that Obama went to a wedding 21 years ago where the groom of Raddatz was a former Harvard classmate doesn’t really seem to be provably scandalous. Once again it is the (in this case, unnecessary) cover-up that creates a more nefarious narrative than the actual event itself. Thanks ABC!


17 posted on 10/09/2012 10:40:07 PM PDT by torchthemummy (Calvin Coolidge - "Patriotism is looking out for yourself by looking out for your Country.")
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To: funfan

I remember how I read about Gwen Ifil(Who moderated the VP Debate in 2008) was writing a book soon after about Obama(Gwen was and still is a big Obot) but even after finding that all out and even though I despise the woman, I thought she did a good job moderating the debate. So it might be the case here with this woman but I’m not sure I dont know anything about her


18 posted on 10/09/2012 10:40:40 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Ah gots yo telgens bref rite heah!



19 posted on 10/09/2012 10:41:52 PM PDT by devolve (----- ------- -CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER- ----------------------------)
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To: george76; All

A biased debate moderator may not be enough to help Biden.

I think if Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez were moderating the debate, Biden may have a slim chance.


20 posted on 10/09/2012 10:43:35 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Political maturity is realizing that the "R" next to someone's name does not mean "conservative")
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