Actual questions Gibson asked Obama and Palin- COMPARE

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Compare And Contrast: Gibson"™s Questions Of Obama vs. Gibson"™s Questions Of Palin

By Rob on September 13, 2008 at 07:07 am
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A lot of people felt Sarah Palin got some pretty rough treatment at the hands of Charlie Gibson during her interview on ABC. So just how rough is it? Well, let"™s compare the questions Gibson asked Palin with the questions Gibson asked Obama as compiled by The Anchoress.

First, Obama:
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to "œwin"�?
How does your family feel about your "œwinning"� breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor"™s [Clinton] speech?
Now Palin:
Do you have enough qualifications for the job you"™re seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
Aren"™t you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
Questions about foreign policy
-territorial integrity of Georgia
-allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
-NATO treaty
-Iranian nuclear threat
-what to do if Israel attacks Iran
-Al Qaeda motivations
-the Bush Doctrine
-attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]
So Obama gets "œhow does it feel to win"� and "œwhat did you think of Hillary"™s speech."� Palin gets questions about the territorial integrity of Georgia.
Fair? Balanced? Objective? Not even a little bit.
Meanwhile, at Newsbusters they have the portions of Palin"™s interview with Gibson that ABC edited out of its broadcast:
A transcript of the unedited interview of Sarah Palin by Charles Gibson clearly shows that ABC News edited out crucial portions of the interview that showed Palin as knowledgeable or presented her answers out of context.
Days after Palin was selected as McCain"™s running the media was carping (unfairly given that she"™d just gotten into the race) about Palin not being available for interviews. Given how Palin got treated by ABC, I think the more pertinent question is why she"™s bothering to talk to reporters at all.
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[BigTiny]

And to think we all used to make fun of Pravda.

[Champlain Islander]

Wow what a disparity. Of course they couldn't ask Obama any real questions....he doesn't know anything.

[archer 2]

which is why obamamama wont debate McCain in town hall meetings. Because there it will be unscripted and he cant have his best friend , the teleprompter , there to tell him what to say.

[younggun308]

I guess it's what you have to live with as a conservative, being wronged, because it's just a way it is, and only Fox is there to point that out. Yeah, it's bad, but what can you say? I don't recall the Press being very favorable of Bush in 2004, when I really don't want to imagine what they would've done to Kerry's face if they tried frying him as they're trying to fry McCain/Palin. They're starting to give up on McCain, because it's not getting easier to throw something at him, he's too genuinely himself, whether you agree with him or not, or how he votes, and people know that, McCain just needs to get his economic message straight and semi-appealable, and then he'll not have to deal with anymore justifiable bullcrap.

[thndrchiken]

That's why the dem's are attacking Palin and the using the race card now. They have realized that they can't be successful attacking Mccain's character.