Comments on: “Gotcha Journalism” Or A Double Standard?

[pastdue1]

The McCain campaign expects the public to be as forgiving of Palin''s lack of knowledge as we are of a mentally challenged child. They expect the media and the public to hold her to a far lower standard and, in fact, she has been. But, we hope the honeymoon is over and she will be expected to answer the same criticism as all the other candidates. Just because she is intellectually challenged she is still aspiring to one of the highest jobs in the country. The public has the right to expect the same level of questioning that all other applicants are exposed to.

[mandalay-bay]

Under demand of McCain campaign all questions will be submitted 48 hours in advance


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Posted by jsilver2th at 11:45 AM : Sep 30, 2008

LOL

[jsilver2th]

Under demand of McCain campaign all questions will be submitted 48 hours in advance

[aceshigh333-2009]

Well we know who Scott Conroy is voting for, big suprise. What is not mentioned here is the differance in the media coverage. The U.S. media is so slanted, so obvious.

[misha128-2009]

Sarah Palin kicked Katie Couric''''s butt.
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Posted by OneAmerican6 at 10:51 AM

Maybe if she was being interviewed as a beauty pageant winner, even some conservative pundits question her ability to be president.

Since when is allowing the person interviewed to control the subject of an interview by asking then to expand on their own statement a gotcha question?

[usadude2]

A point of clarification for those who wonder about why people are up in arms over this particular Palin statement, its not because it shows inexperience or that she shares an opinion with Obama, its that her opinion is actually quite different from what the McCain campaign has put forward up until now.

The real issue is not Palin. Its McCain.

We just went through eight years of a presidency where we the American people were lied to on a near daily basis. The Maverick McCain, seems to have learned something in those years. He seems to have learned how to lie himself. Over the last few weeks he has distorted Obama''s record and his own in attempt to make political gains. I ask you my fellow Americans, do we want four more years of lies?

[usadude2]

A point of clarification for those who wonder about why people are up in arms over this particular Palin statement, its not because it shows inexperience or that she shares an opinion with Obama, its that her opinion is actually quite different from what the McCain campaign has put forward up until now.

The real issue is not Palin. Its McCain.

We just went through eight years of a presidency where we the American people were lied to on a near daily basis. The Maverick McCain, seems to have learned something in those years. He seems to have learned how to lie himself. Over the last few weeks he has distorted Obama''s record and his own in attempt to make political gains. I ask you my fellow Americans, do we want four more years of lies?

[misha128-2009]

Posted by shespar at 10:13 AM

Senator McCain is the presidential candidate associated with Governor Palin nit Senator Obama. You should be researching Senator McCain''s quirky opinion on Gov. Palin''s gaffe.

[briannorwood]

Can''t wait for Thursday''s debate. Should be quite a spectacle.

If it weren''t that she is running for the second highest office in the land, it would be funny. Instead, it is just plain pathetic!

[shespar-2009]

Yah and isnt it a pity that those miss speaks are the total focus of the news. You dont hear about the stuff she gets right.. and if Obama gets something wrong, he gets an auto pass because his prompter broke.. lol