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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 05:08 PM
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Unsurprisingly, the conservative hacks thought Gibson and George did an "excellent" job
Edited on Thu Apr-17-08 05:08 PM by brentspeak
Gibson, Stephanopoulos criticized for debate moderation
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
Thursday, April 17, 2008

(snip)

There was some positive feedback, with columnist David Brooks of The New York Times giving ABC News' performance an "A."

(snip)

"I understand the complaints, but I thought the questions were excellent," he wrote. "The journalist's job is to make politicians uncomfortable, to explore evasions, contradictions and vulnerabilities. Almost every question tonight did that. The candidates each looked foolish at times, but that's their own fault."

Similarly, the Web site hotair.com offered "kudos to ABC News for taking on both candidates fearlessly.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/17/entertainment/e132310D72.DTL

(Note: hotair.com is a conservative hack blog-site started by Michelle Malkin.)
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Hieronymus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 05:09 PM
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1. And Scarborough is tearing into Obama. God, he wants Hillary .. bad.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 05:11 PM
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2. Of course they did-
because they're vacuous and unable to do much other than spout off simplistic talking points (or look like a deer in the headlights) when attempting to intelligently discuss anything of substance.
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