{"id":1129,"date":"2008-11-14T16:51:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T00:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2008-11-14T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T00:51:22","slug":"john-mccains-campaign-concedes-fox-news-is-biased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"John McCain’s Campaign Concedes Fox News Is Biased"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an upcoming article<\/a> in the National Review, Rich Lowry interviews John McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis. Much of the interview deals with the handling of Sarah Palin, the VP candidate who Lowry says…<\/p>\n

“…was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. [Her TV appearance]<\/em> sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wiping the drool from his chin, Lowry asked Davis why he booked Palin on Katie Couric’s CBS News program. Davis replied…<\/p>\n

“Our assumption was people would not let us release her on Fox or local TV.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If McCain’s campaign manager can admit that Fox News is a de facto arm of the Republican Party, and that nobody would take seriously a softball interview conducted on that network, why does Fox still try to peddle the myth that they are “fair and balanced?<\/em>”<\/p>\n

After the McCain team nixed Fox for the initial interview, they chose Couric because they were…<\/p>\n

“…under the impression the Couric thing was going to be easier than it was. Everyone’s guard was down for the Couric interview.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s count the stupid: First they presumed that Couric would be easier on Palin because they were both women. Of course, Couric had an incentive to perform at a high level due to her low ratings and expectations. Plus, a woman reporter would actually have more leeway to be aggressive when interviewing a woman candidate. It was political malpractice for McCain and company not to recognize this. And it opens them up to charges of sexism as well because it presumes that a woman reporter would not be as probing or professional as a man.<\/p>\n

Secondly, they actually think that the questions Couric asked were too hard for Palin. Their guard was down for such confounding inquiries as, “What newspapers and magazines do you read?”<\/em> Or, “What does Alaska’s proximity to Russia have to do with foreign policy experience?”<\/em> If that’s their idea of tough questions, it’s a good thing they kept her under wraps most of the time.<\/p>\n

Thank goodness they have Fox News around for the post-election interviews where Greta Van Susteren delved into Palin’s recipe for moose chili.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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