In an imaginary world where liberal journalists are held to the same standards as everyone else, Ifill would be required to make a full disclosure at the start of the debate. She would be required to turn to the cameras and tell the national audience that she has a book coming out on January 20, 2009 – a date that just happens to coincide with the inauguration of the next president of the United States.Ifill also covered Sarah Palin's speech at the RNC. Here attitude drew numerous complaints to PBS, including this one:
The title of Ifill’s book? “Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.”
I was appalled by Gwen Ifill’s commentary directly following Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech. Her attitude was dismissive and the look on her face was one of disgust. Clearly, she was agitated by what most critics view as a well-delivered speech. It is quite obvious that Ms. Ifill supports Obama as she struggled to say anything redemptive about Gov. Palin’s performance. I am disappointed in Ms. Ifill’s complete disregard for journalistic objectivity.Why do I live in a world where such obvious unfair behavior goes unpunished and virtually unnoticed? I'm going to be on the road during the Palin-Biden debate, so unfortunately I'll miss Ifill announcing her bias before the debate starts. I'm sure I'll hear about it later on the news coverage, though, right?
A Gateway Pundit commenter has some advice for Sarah Palin that is exactly along the lines of what I was thinking.
Palin should come out and in the opening niceties ask her how her book is coming along... What was the title of it again?Of course if she were to do that, she would be both catty and racist. She can't win, either way, I guess. Which is exactly how the media likes it.
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I just emailed the Executive Commissioner for the debates and demanded they pull Ifill as moderator. Her name is Janet Brown, email address is jb@debates.org or you can call and raise hell with the commission at 202-872-1020.
It's time for another Boston Tea Party!
I have just called the debate commission andd told them exactly how outrageous Gwen Ifill being chosen as moderator for this debate is. The woman has a financial interest in making sure that Obama is elected the next president of the United States. The selection of Ifill as moderation is egregious. I'm really angry about this. I'm calling all my friends and family and telling them to call the debate commission as well.
Even my fair minded liberal friends realize that Ifill is a ridiculous choice and are contacting the debate commission, so hopefully if we can get enough people to do that regardless of their politics, they will have to pull Ifill and get someone with at least some form of neutrality.
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