Gwen Ifill is an appalling choice to “moderate” the upcoming vice presidential debate

Gwen Ifill is an appalling choice to “moderate” the upcoming vice presidential debate

October 1, 2008

Gwen Ifill is an appalling choice to “moderate” the upcoming vice presidential debate. How do decisions like this get made?

Perhaps Cindy Sheehan or Keith Olbermann were not available.

Look up “liberal bias” in the dictionary and Ms. Ifill can be seen jockeying her way to the front of a photograph with her colleagues from the New York Times, NBC, MSNBC, and the like.

Meanwhile, Ms. Malkin points out quite correctly: “Can you imagine a right-leaning journalist writing a book about the "stunning" McCain campaign and its "bold" path to reform timed for release on Inauguration Day -- and then expecting a slot as a moderator for the nation's sole vice presidential debate?”

A Debate "Moderator" In the Tank for Obama by Michelle Malkin

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

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… there is nothing "moderate" about where Ifill stands on Barack Obama. She's so far in the tank for the Democratic presidential candidate…

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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 Jan. 20, 2009 -- a date that just happens to coincide with the inauguration of the next president of the United States.

The title of Ifill's book? "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." Nonpartisan my foot.

Random House, her publisher, is already busy hyping the book with YouTube clips of Ifill heaping praise on her subjects, including Obama and Obama-endorsing Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick. The official promo for the book gushes:

"In 'The Breakthrough,' veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama's stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power. … Drawing on interviews with power brokers like Sen. Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and many others, as well as her own razor-sharp observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict and the 'black enough' conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history."

Ifill and her publisher are banking on an Obama/Biden win to buoy her book sales. The moderator expected to treat both sides fairly has grandiosely declared this the "Age of Obama." Can you imagine a right-leaning journalist writing a book about the "stunning" McCain campaign and its "bold" path to reform timed for release on Inauguration Day -- and then expecting a slot as a moderator for the nation's sole vice presidential debate?

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Read her entire column here: A Debate "Moderator" In the Tank for Obama by Michelle Malkin

20081001 A Debate Moderator In the Tank for Obama by Michelle Malkin

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