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To: combjelly who wrote (421714)	10/2/2008 9:22:50 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574101

She stands to profit if he isn't elected. Which will be more? Who knows? It is obvious to anyone who is paying attention that a book about Obama's ascension to the presidency will sell more copies if he is elected than if he isn't. This isn't something about which a reasonable argument can be had. This isn't subject to a debate. It is a fact, and everyone knows it. YOU know it. Just trying to follow the twists and turns. It isn't easy. Your argument is based on what you imagine to be in the book. But you don't know. I know only what Ifill herself has said the book is about. That Obama's name is in the title is, itself, sufficient, to disqualify her. The book was announced in July. It hasn't been kept secret. I'm sorry, but if you knew a damned thing about ethics you would have known that she, AS A PROFESSIONAL, had a responsibility to make it abundantly clear to both parties that she had this book coming out. She could not count on the McCain campaign doing a google search for it, or looking at her upcoming books on Amazon. They obviously didn't know about it (and undoubtedly would have chosen another moderator) had they known. IT is too late now, but Ifill totally compromised her journalistic integrity. Bernie Goldberg made the argument last night that it doesn't matter because we know where she stands. He, too, is totally overlooking the basic requirements of professional behavior -- that is, to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. This is something that every professional learns in college, and I cannot imagine how the journalism "profession" has missed it.