Good Article - "Anti-Obama Anchor Gets Palin Exclusive"

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by Paul Hogarth‚ Sep. 10‚ 2008

After refusing to join Barack Obama, John McCain and Joe Biden on the Sunday morning talk shows this week, Sarah Palin has agreed to her first media interview—with ABC’s Charlie Gibson. Gibson will fly to Alaska and spend two days with Palin to produce an exclusive, selectively edited human-interest story so we can learn more about the “hockey mom.” The McCain camp rewarded Gibson with this scoop after the anchor’s notorious moderating of a debate during the Democratic primaries—where he launched numerous attacks masquerading as questions against Obama (such as “Does Reverend Wright love America?”) ABC won’t be moderating any more debates for the general election, giving Gibson a perfect motive to feel shut out and “get back” at Obama—by puffing up Palin. Meanwhile, complaints of “liberal bias” have pressured MSNBC to demote Keith Olbermann—even though his show consistently has the network’s highest ratings. If we tolerate Fox News (and now ABC) for having a blatant conservative bias, what’s wrong with liberals having their own network?

Charlie Gibson said no topics are off-limits during his two-day interview, but let’s get real. ABC will start taping the interview on September 11—at the deployment ceremony of Sarah Palin’s eldest son, who is leaving for Iraq.

This gives Palin a perfect backdrop to showcase her family’s “gung-ho” patriotism—as the hockey mom watches her son go off to War. The McCain campaign has even admitted to the press that this interview is designed to “sell Palin well beyond the right — to a broad swath of women and independent voters.”

So if Palin doesn’t wear a flag lapel pin at her son’s ceremony, will Charlie Gibson question her patriotism by asking: “Do you believe in the American flag?” After all, they asked Barack Obama that question at the April 16th presidential debate in Philadelphia—which Gibson moderated.

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much more

http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Anti_Obama_Anchor_Gets_Palin_Exclusive_6073.html

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1. Bookmarked for later. Thanks.

[Mike Daniels]

2. I don't think there's any danger of Palin not wearing a flag pin

since the one she wears now is about the size of my hand.

Jesus, why don't they just schedule her with Barbara Walters? It's not like it's going to be any different as far as interview content.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Gibson did not disappoint (the McBush McCampaign)

http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090020