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Home Front: Politix
In Pa. Debate, The Clear Loser Is ABC
2008-04-18
Tom Shales
When Barack Obama met Hillary Clinton for another televised Democratic candidates' debate last night, it was more than a step forward in the 2008 presidential election. It was another step downward for network news -- in particular ABC News, which hosted the debate from Philadelphia and whose usually dependable anchors, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, turned in shoddy, despicable performances...
Charlie had the audacity to press his questions home against both 'Bamer and the Hildebeast, particularly on the proposed (or supposed) captial gains tax increase. You'd think that's what a journalist is supposed to do, press questions, but apparently WaPo thinks that's wrong. Maybe that's why WaPo isn't such a great newspaper anymore.
Posted by:Fred

#6  The main stream media has mistaken itself once again for a group of people that are relevant. This time they really distinguished themselves at being irrelevant.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-04-18 19:31  

#5  All Bout Color, wants to inject the 'R' card (how do I know when the 'R' card is dealt; by remembering that 'Stephy' has never asked George 'W' Bush those same type dumb stupida** questions whenever he had an opportunity at one of his interviews); to boost sagging over the air ratings

I'll be more than HAPPY enough, once I own the network, to ask George W Bush, John McCain, and Hillary Clinton about their respective relationships with William Ayers.
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2008-04-18 13:34  

#4  Well, Tom, we were going to call over and ask if we could borrow al-Zahar to moderate, but your boss said he was too busy writing his OpEd piece for Thursday's paper...
Posted by: The Boys at ABC   2008-04-18 12:08  

#3  ...Well, clearly the WaPo feels that Gibson's job was to knife one candidate (whoever the WaPo's against)and support teh other. Pity Charlie didn't follow the script.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2008-04-18 12:01  

#2  The clear winner was John McCain.
Posted by: doc   2008-04-18 08:25  

#1  All Bout Color, wants to inject the 'R' card (how do I know when the 'R' card is dealt; by remembering that 'Stephy' has never asked George 'W' Bush those same type dumb stupida** questions whenever he had an opportunity at one of his interviews); to boost sagging over the air ratings. With the 'Wolfman' prowling over there at CNN, and consistent high numbers with the FOX team; what better way to break open the stalemate and chatter! The Race Card always trumps the Gender Card or the 'F' (Faith) card, whenever America has to consider it's options for itself. Outside of WWII (when the nation was forced to look outside of herself), has no other cause resulted in the deaths and misery of so many millions (slavery, Civil War, Jim Crowe) in the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! All Bout Color knows this, and the poodle 'Stephy' knows it as well! My vote for the best "3 Amigo's", Carville, Krauthammer, and Stephanopoulos!!!
Posted by: smn   2008-04-18 02:44  

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