"The Obama and McCain campaigns have agreed to an unusual free-flowing format for the three televised presidential debates, which begin Friday, but the McCain camp fought for and won a much more structured approach for the questioning at the vice-presidential debate, advisers to both campaigns said Saturday....The wrangling was chiefly between the McCain-Palin camp and the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which is sponsoring the forums.
...The campaigns had no say over the choice of moderators — Jim Lehrer of PBS, Tom Brokaw of NBC and Bob Schieffer of CBS for the presidential debates, and Gwen Ifill of PBS for the vice-presidential debate."
-- Patrick Healy, acting like there's not a big hole in this line-up, while reporting for the New York Times.
Are you going to tell me there's not going to be one - not one - conservative moderator in the debates? After this season of outrageous mainstream journalism high-jinks? They have GOT to be kidding!?! Let Rush Limbaugh, or Mark Levin, or Sean Hannity, have at 'em! This choice of moderators insures that topics conservatives want brought up - Rezko, Wright, Farrakhan, Pflieger, the Annenberg Foundation, ACORN - and Bill Ayers - will not get a hearing before the American people!
Jim Lehrer and Gwen Ifill are fine, but Tom Brokaw repeated the "Jesus was a community organizer" line already, and Bob Schieffer said something partisan one day, too.
Come on! There is just no way this can be seen as fair, or nonpartisan at all,...
Let Rush Limbaugh, or Mark Levine, or Sean Hannity, have at 'em! This choice of moderators insures that topics conservatives want brought up - Rezko, Wright, Farrakhan, Pflieger, the Annenberg Foundation, ACORN - and Bill Ayers - will not get a hearing before the American people!
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Limbaugh Levine and Hannitty aren't serious journalists, they're partisan pundits - AM radio drive-time shouters.
As Limbaugh himself has said on many occasions, his show is primarily "entertainment" - he's not trying to be a real journalist, and that's fine.
Similarly, Anne Coulter, Michael Moore and Brad Pitt all have the right to pedal their wares, but really - this is a debate for president of the USA, not an episode of the Jerry Springer Show.
Mark Levine is a constitutional lawyer. Rush may be an entertainer but he's trusted by more people than most MSM types. And if you think those MSM types aren't partisan then you haven't been paying attention. They donate to Democratic campaigns at a rate of 100 to 1.
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Rush may be an entertainer but he's trusted by more people than most MSM types.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the people YOU hang with. Not most Americans.
Enough that he already affected this election with Operation Chaos. That's a lot of folks.
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