cj,
Yeah. She tap danced around until he told her what it was.
I think Charlie Gibson would have earned himself some credit if he asked the question:
"Do you agree with Bush doctrine, which states XYZ"
The way he asked sounded too much like he was playing gotcha.
I have to admit I drew a blank for a second there as well, and then when he defined it, I said to myself "aahh".
So on that question, Gibson could have either earned some credit, but he lost some. Not a huge deal.
Where he lost a lot of credit was when he, twice in a row, quated a statement that was cut off. The part that was cut off gave Palins statement in church full meaning. So a huge blunder there (or intentional sabotage?) Gibson shrunk himself to the size of MiniMe (either MiniMe partisan liberal, or an anchor with incompetent staff).
ABC lost a huge amount of credit for editing the interview. Who know what was lost, was it only pauses? Who knows. Editing was painfully obvious.
The questions on energy were fair, and pressing Palin on manmade vs. non-manmade causes was fair.
Overall, Palin stood her ground, in an area where she performed below level of foreign policy wonk of the Foreign Affairs Magazine, but fine for an well informed mortal - especially a mortal with 5 kids. I give her a B. I
Gibson and ABC earn a C. For misleading quote, playing gotcha and annoying editing.
Joe |
