Comments on: Meet the Biased VP Debate Moderator

By: S A GOULD

S A GOULD — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:09:35 +0000

That the moderator is writing a book on Obama is OLD NEWS. Glad that you folks found the time to get outraged… NOW.

Please spare us the hypocrisy. It gets old. Very old.

Hey- here’s something you haven’t tried:
complain that Palin is at a disadvantage because SHE
had to stand the whole time in HIGH HEELS and
Biden didn’t.

It makes just about as much sense.

By: This ain’t Hell, but you can see it from here » Blog Archive » Stop Picking on Gwen Ifill

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:45:56 +0000

[...] Stop the ACLU has more: Meet PBS anchor Gwen Ifill. She will be “moderating” Thursday night’s vice presidential debates. She is also the author of the book titled, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” The book is set to come out on January 20, 2009, coinciding with the presidential inaugaration. [...]

By: Garick

Garick — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:29:17 +0000

Looks like McCain dropped the ball again.

They failed to vet Palin.

They _accidentally_ killed a bailout plan.

Now, they don’t even read a moderator’s bio.

McCain and his staff are clearly just not competent enough to run a campaign let alone a country.

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:25:33 +0000

Get real. This is not news to anyone in either campaign. Debate formats/moderators/locations are heavily negotiated by the campaigns. If tonight’s debate has a biased moderator, it’s because the McCain campaign got something in return. Either that or they’re very stupid, in which case they deserve what they get.

By: Cassy Fiano » Journalism is dead.

Cassy Fiano » Journalism is dead. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:04:45 +0000

[...] Tips: Jay at Stop the ACLU and Michelle [...]

By: The Moderator For Thursdays Debate Has A Book Coming Out About Barack Obama..But I am Sure She Will Be Fair..Right? | Right Voices

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:00:53 +0000

[...] Meet the Biased VP Debate Moderator : Stop The ACLU [...]

By: Margot

Margot — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:09:20 +0000

Having Gwen Ifill as moderator of the Vice-Presidential debate on October 2, 2008 is a severe conflict of interest.

Considering that her book, “Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama” is due to make it’s debut on Inauguration Day, I don’t see how can she can possibly remain impartial.

It is a well known fact that Gwen doesn’t have a very good opinion of Governor Palin, which is backed up by a video of her commenting on the Governor after Governor Palin’s acceptance speech at the convention.

As a citizen, I am outraged at the way the media has slanted this entire campaign towards Senator Obama, and Ms. Ifill should decline from being the moderator in this debate.

Margot Chenault

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:03:52 +0000

OBAMA MEDIA BIAS … NOW, OBAMA DEBATE BIAS !!!
The nation already is skeptical about the fairness and objectivity of the mainstream media regarding election coverage … so, why in the world is Gwen Ifill the debate moderator, when she is writing a book about Obama … especially since her book sales would increase if Obama/Biden win? The moderator in a debate … especially one of this importance and magnitude … should be seen as completely fair, objective and above reproach. This is a terrible choice, and could easily have been remedied by choosing from hundreds of other more objective potential moderators. I can imagine the outcry if Michelle Malkin, or Ann Coulter was chosen as the moderator for the first Vice Presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. FURTHERMORE … Everyone knows that Roland Martin is in the tank for Obama … and regarding his call for Palin to either ‘put up, or shut up’ … for millions of Americans, we still feel that Obama never adequately explained why he chose to spend TWENTY YEARS, yes TWENTY YEARS, in Jeremiah Wright’s anti-American, racist, black liberation church, which gave a life time achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, and Obama only quit the church due to public outrage and personal ambition.

By: edward cropper

edward cropper — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:34:58 +0000

Gwen Ifill biased? I’m shocked !

http://edwardcropper.blogspot.com/

By: Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:18:08 +0000

Email address to contact Janet Brown, Executive Director Debates Commission

jb@debates.org
or call the Commission at 202-872-1020

To request the dismissal of Gwen Ifill as VP Moderator. Her new book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, sheds ‘new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign’. It is set to release on Inauguration Day.