VP Debate Mod Will Profit From an Obama Win

The liberal bias in the media has gotten so bad that debate moderators no longer even aim for the appearance of impartiality.

Gwen Ifill is the PBS anchor moderating the Vice Presidential debate this Thursday. Like all of this year’s debate moderators, Ifill is left-leaning, but that alone doesn’t preclude her from performing impartially. No, what calls her objectivity into question is the fact that she is about to publish a book called The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. That’s not a joke.

Michelle Malkin has plenty of details on this travesty. She also has a suggestion for how the debate should begin:

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.

That’s right, a win for Obama means a win for Ifill’s wallet.

Her absurd lack of neutrality is outrageous enough to get me spewing nastiness like a feminist rampaging against Sarah Palin. Such a flagrant assault on even the most lax conflict-of-interest standards was almost unfathomable to me before I read Michelle’s piece.

I know, I’m naive.

At least I can take consolation in my belief that Palin has it in her to take whatever Ifill dishes out and use it to her advantage. The debate will be great as long as we get Palin v 1.0, not the newfangled 2.0 the McCain campaign has been trying to sell.

Published by Jenn Q. Public on October 1, 2008 at 2:46 am

Filed Under Election 2008, Media Bias

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4 Responses to “VP Debate Mod Will Profit From an Obama Win”

  1. john on October 1st, 2008 3:38 am

    Good to know the McCain campaign is on top of this kind of stuff.

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