Gwen Ifill has been selected to moderate the Vice Presidential debates this coming Friday. Only in Pro-left Medialand can a moderator selection like this be acceptable.
This is the same Ifill who on October 5, 2004, moderated the vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In the debate when Cheney asked for more than 30 seconds to react to a particular statement, Ifill told him "Well, that's all you've got". Ifill said that though it was not her intent, Democratic partisans were delighted with her because she was seen as being "snippy" to Cheney.
However, we no longer need to get into the subject of "intent" to decern Ifill's political leaning because she has written a new book, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, that will be released on election day. The book profiles four black politicians, one of whom is, you guessed it, Barrack Obama. The lead Amazon product description is:
"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."
Obviously, her book will substantially benefit if Obama is elected. Given these circumstances, a journalist with an ounce of integrity would refuse the moderator assignment.
But not in Pro-left Medialand!
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