Comments on: Gwen Ifill – Obama Disciple http://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/ Conservative Politics, Religion, Culture, and Anything Else Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington » Blog Archive » Dobbs Rips Media Over Palin Coveragehttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-15809 BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington » Blog Archive » Dobbs Rips Media Over Palin Coverage Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:41:10 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-15809 [...] of the coverage I saw on the issue was simply reporting on bloggers complaining, or on John McCain ’s response–to reporting by news outlets on the commentary by [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15809','BC\/DC: Eggerton on Washington » Blog Archive » Dobbs Rips Media Over Palin Coverage'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15809','BC\/DC: Eggerton on Washington » Blog Archive » Dobbs Rips Media Over Palin Coverage','[...] of the coverage I saw on the issue was simply reporting on bloggers complaining, or on John McCain ’s response–to reporting by news outlets on the commentary by [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] of the coverage I saw on the issue was simply reporting on bloggers complaining, or on John McCain ’s response–to reporting by news outlets on the commentary by [...]
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]]> By: Mikehttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5050 Mike Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:29:19 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5050 I love how just about everyone acknowledges that a moderator with a direct financial stake in Obama winning the election is no more biased than any other mainstream journalist.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5050','Mike'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5050','Mike','I love how just about everyone acknowledges that a moderator with a direct financial stake in Obama winning the election is no more biased than any other mainstream journalist.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I love how just about everyone acknowledges that a moderator with a direct financial stake in Obama winning the election is no more biased than any other mainstream journalist.
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]]> By: Christine Thwinghttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 Christine Thwing Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:49:44 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5042 I am disappointed to find out today that Gwen Iffil is probably completely biased in regards to Obama. I am hoping against all hope that she will be a fair and balanced moderator for the VP debate. Unfortunately, based on everything I've seen and heard from the mainstream media is not instilling any confidence in me. If she is not fair and balanced and does not ask the same level of questions to each candidate, it will be confirmed that she is in the tank for Obama and only selfishly interestd in the money she stands to make on her book to be released on 1/20/09 - Breakthrough-Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. It would be nice for a change to have a conservative moderate a presidential or VP debate.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5042','Christine Thwing'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5042','Christine Thwing','I am disappointed to find out today that Gwen Iffil is probably completely biased in regards to Obama. I am hoping against all hope that she will be a fair and balanced moderator for the VP debate. Unfortunately, based on everything I\'ve seen and heard from the mainstream media is not instilling any confidence in me. If she is not fair and balanced and does not ask the same level of questions to each candidate, it will be confirmed that she is in the tank for Obama and only selfishly interestd in the money she stands to make on her book to be released on 1\/20\/09 - Breakthrough-Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. It would be nice for a change to have a conservative moderate a presidential or VP debate.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I am disappointed to find out today that Gwen Iffil is probably completely biased in regards to Obama. I am hoping against all hope that she will be a fair and balanced moderator for the VP debate. Unfortunately, based on everything I’ve seen and heard from the mainstream media is not instilling any confidence in me. If she is not fair and balanced and does not ask the same level of questions to each candidate, it will be confirmed that she is in the tank for Obama and only selfishly interestd in the money she stands to make on her book to be released on 1/20/09 – Breakthrough-Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. It would be nice for a change to have a conservative moderate a presidential or VP debate.
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]]> By: Salhttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 Sal Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:50:35 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5033 It is also worth pointing out that the moderator of a Presidential Debate is <b><i>always</i></b> a liberal. Can anyone name for me the last reporter who moderated a Presidential debate with a <b><i>conservative</b></i> bias?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5033','Sal'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5033','Sal','It is also worth pointing out that the moderator of a Presidential Debate is <b><i>always<\/i><\/b> a liberal. Can anyone name for me the last reporter who moderated a Presidential debate with a <b><i>conservative<\/b><\/i> bias?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It is also worth pointing out that the moderator of a Presidential Debate is always a liberal. Can anyone name for me the last reporter who moderated a Presidential debate with a conservative bias?
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]]> By: Chrishttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 Chris Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:41:50 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5032 Alan,Sal makes a good point about how Ifill stands to benefit financially if Obama wins. Knowing that connection, Alan, I think it is safe to say there will be an inherent bias. And I want more questions answered such as: Did Ifill feed Obama information about the debate questions? Did Ifill give tips to Obama/Biden about how to stylistically answer? Rememember, in authoring this book, she had access to Obama and I, like many others, would be curious as to what discussions where there KNOWING she is going to moderate a debate.Alan, I challenge you to view/listen to Sean Hannity's interview with Sarah Palin and come up with incidents of bias. It is my conention there were none...and letting her talk does not define bias. If you can come up with any, I invite you to respond back to me and state them.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5032','Chris'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5032','Chris','Alan,\r\n\r\nSal makes a good point about how Ifill stands to benefit financially if Obama wins. Knowing that connection, Alan, I think it is safe to say there will be an inherent bias. And I want more questions answered such as: Did Ifill feed Obama information about the debate questions? Did Ifill give tips to Obama\/Biden about how to stylistically answer? Rememember, in authoring this book, she had access to Obama and I, like many others, would be curious as to what discussions where there KNOWING she is going to moderate a debate.\r\n\r\nAlan, I challenge you to view\/listen to Sean Hannity\'s interview with Sarah Palin and come up with incidents of bias. It is my conention there were none...and letting her talk does not define bias. If you can come up with any, I invite you to respond back to me and state them.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Alan,

Sal makes a good point about how Ifill stands to benefit financially if Obama wins. Knowing that connection, Alan, I think it is safe to say there will be an inherent bias. And I want more questions answered such as: Did Ifill feed Obama information about the debate questions? Did Ifill give tips to Obama/Biden about how to stylistically answer? Rememember, in authoring this book, she had access to Obama and I, like many others, would be curious as to what discussions where there KNOWING she is going to moderate a debate.

Alan, I challenge you to view/listen to Sean Hannity’s interview with Sarah Palin and come up with incidents of bias. It is my conention there were none…and letting her talk does not define bias. If you can come up with any, I invite you to respond back to me and state them.

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]]> By: Salhttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5031 Sal Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:32:43 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5031 Alan, it would be nice to have someone who at least tried to be objective, even if they do have their biases. That being said, a big problem with this is that Ifill has an inherent conflict of interest. She stands to gain financially if Obama wins the election, as a book about his historic run will undoubtedly do better if it is released on Inaugeration day (when it is slated to be released) and Obama is the one being inaugerated.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5031','Sal'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5031','Sal','Alan, it would be nice to have someone who at least tried to be objective, even if they do have their biases. That being said, a big problem with this is that Ifill has an inherent conflict of interest. She stands to gain financially if Obama wins the election, as a book about his historic run will undoubtedly do better if it is released on Inaugeration day (when it is slated to be released) and Obama is the one being inaugerated.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Alan, it would be nice to have someone who at least tried to be objective, even if they do have their biases. That being said, a big problem with this is that Ifill has an inherent conflict of interest. She stands to gain financially if Obama wins the election, as a book about his historic run will undoubtedly do better if it is released on Inaugeration day (when it is slated to be released) and Obama is the one being inaugerated.
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]]> By: Alanhttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5028 Alan Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:26 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5028 What you all fail to remember is that everyone is going to have their opinion about the candidates, so why does it matter? No matter who they pick to moderate the debates they are all going to have a bias. You guys just want someone who will favor McCain. It goes both ways.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5028','Alan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5028','Alan','What you all fail to remember is that everyone is going to have their opinion about the candidates, so why does it matter? No matter who they pick to moderate the debates they are all going to have a bias. You guys just want someone who will favor McCain. It goes both ways.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> What you all fail to remember is that everyone is going to have their opinion about the candidates, so why does it matter? No matter who they pick to moderate the debates they are all going to have a bias. You guys just want someone who will favor McCain. It goes both ways.
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]]> By: Howardhttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5024 Howard Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:10:05 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5024 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.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5024','Howard'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5024','Howard','OBAMA MEDIA BIAS ... NOW, OBAMA DEBATE BIAS !!!\r\nThe 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.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> 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.
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]]> By: Chrishttp://axisofright.com/2008/10/01/gwen-ifill-obama-disciple/comment-page-1/#comment-5005 Chris Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:56:13 +0000 http://axisofright.com/?p=3157#comment-5005 She was very snippy to Dick Cheney in the 2004 debate, but that really didn't much matter because John Edwards was so bad, there was nothing Gwen Ifill could do to prevent Cheney from wiping the floor with Edwards's mop of hair.Authoring an "I Love Obama Book" and acting as the moderator of the VP debate shows me that one is not impartial and I agree...there definitely should be a debate or two with Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Sean Hannity or Rush as moderators...real challenges would be given to the canidates. Republicans really need to stop rolling over and compromising their own beliefs and values.Sarah Palin was recently interviewed by Hugh Hewitt and she makes a backhanded comment on the ethics of the media. If that is a preview of Thursday night, this should be some good television.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5005','Chris'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5005','Chris','She was very snippy to Dick Cheney in the 2004 debate, but that really didn\'t much matter because John Edwards was so bad, there was nothing Gwen Ifill could do to prevent Cheney from wiping the floor with Edwards\'s mop of hair. \r\n\r\nAuthoring an \"I Love Obama Book\" and acting as the moderator of the VP debate shows me that one is not impartial and I agree...there definitely should be a debate or two with Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Sean Hannity or Rush as moderators...real challenges would be given to the canidates. Republicans really need to stop rolling over and compromising their own beliefs and values.\r\n\r\nSarah Palin was recently interviewed by Hugh Hewitt and she makes a backhanded comment on the ethics of the media. If that is a preview of Thursday night, this should be some good television.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> She was very snippy to Dick Cheney in the 2004 debate, but that really didn’t much matter because John Edwards was so bad, there was nothing Gwen Ifill could do to prevent Cheney from wiping the floor with Edwards’s mop of hair.

Authoring an “I Love Obama Book” and acting as the moderator of the VP debate shows me that one is not impartial and I agree…there definitely should be a debate or two with Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Sean Hannity or Rush as moderators…real challenges would be given to the canidates. Republicans really need to stop rolling over and compromising their own beliefs and values.

Sarah Palin was recently interviewed by Hugh Hewitt and she makes a backhanded comment on the ethics of the media. If that is a preview of Thursday night, this should be some good television.

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