Mirroring Bush’s tactics, McCain-Palin campaign tries to hand-pick reporter for Palin interview.
Mirroring Bush’s tactics, McCain-Palin campaign tries to hand-pick reporter for Palin interview.
A local NBC affiliate in Maine reported last night that the network had requested an interview with Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) after she spoke at a rally in Bangor yesterday. However, the station declined when Palin’s handlers said they would grant the interview only if the McCain campaign could choose the reporter:
[We] also requested a one-on-one interview with Sarah Palin but the McCain-Palin campaign wanted to choose the reporter who would do the interview. That was a condition we could not agree to so we declined the inverview opportunity.
Indeed, the McCain campaign’s stunt is eerily similar to way President Bush has handled interviews with the media. When the White House offered NPR an interview with Bush last year, there was a catch — Juan Williams had to conduct the interview. “The end result,” the Washington Post’s Dan Froomkin noted, was that “Williams did the interview for his other employer — Fox News.”
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Good. Keep declining to interview her, cover her campaign, etc. until she cooperates and gives an honest to goodness press conference.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:05 amMore of the McSame from McBlinky and Winky
October 17th, 2008 at 11:05 amWow, this is good. About time the media stood it’s ground with this bunch of criminals. Guess they have put thier finger in the wind and decided which way the wind is blowing.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:09 amWow. A local TV station forgoes a chance at national recognition in order to stay true their principles. Good for them! Way to stand up to the bullies, WCHS!! A win for journalism!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:09 amMcCain-Palin campaign tries to hand-pick reporter for Palin interview.
– - Little known fact: The state of Alaska actually has a Department of Sycophancy.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:11 amthe national media are unethical whores.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:11 amTaking his cue from chimpy, it’s now; McMonkey see, McMonkey doo!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:16 amActually deebaser, you can substitute the words ‘national media’ with the words Sarah Palin is an….. Then you’d be correct.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:18 amHave Tina Fey interview the intellectual midget.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:21 amThe Palin Doctrine
October 17th, 2008 at 11:27 amWhats next? The McCain campaign demanding they pick the questions for Palins interviews?
October 17th, 2008 at 11:30 amdeebaser @ no. 7 pretty much summed it up.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:34 amOur media is like some kind of black rain cloud from hell that was purchased at walmart and is determined to flood the country.
How can Sarah Palin stand up to terrorists if she’s afraid of journalists?
October 17th, 2008 at 11:35 amAnd McCain whines about Barack Obama not agreeing to 10 town hall meetings?
As Jon Stewart said last night, Joe The Plumber has already given more interviews than Sarah Palin.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:39 amI’m sure that Joe the Plumber has done more interviews in the last 15 minutes than Sarah Palin has done since she became the VP pick…
For all of the early attacks against Obama’s “celebrity” status, the Republicans sure do love their own… the main difference is that people will still know Obama in 4 years.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:40 amWhy doesn’t the crappy McDepends campaign just go out and borrow a FAUX camera and sit Bible Spice by a giant mirror and allow her to interview herself , for Christ sake ?
That’s what they really want , anyway…………….
October 17th, 2008 at 11:40 amNow this is what all the news agencies should do, and the only way the IcePrincess can get publicity is at her KKK rallies.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:43 amOpen letter to all Alaskans;
When the election is over, please welcome your governor back with an impeachment initiative.
She has embarassed you good folk to no end.
We in the lower 48 know you’re not all corrupt bimbos, but her example does you no credit.
Please remove her from office in the most ignonimous way possible.
Thank you for your prompt attention in this matter.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:46 amLet me guess….Hannity….right?
October 17th, 2008 at 11:56 amYAY for transparency!!!!!!
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October 17th, 2008 at 12:25 pmIt’s nice to see that at least one media outlet has some integrity when it comes to Sarah Palin. The remainder all follow her around like puppy dogs licking at her heels hoping that she will bestow a gaffe on them.
October 17th, 2008 at 12:26 pmYES! The media should just decline to attend her rallies and offer no interviews. The woman (and the campaign) are travesties and un-democratic.
October 17th, 2008 at 1:48 pmThe McCain Propaganda Ministry keeps sinking to new lows.
It’s been 49 days now and NOT ONE SINGLE Palin press conference. Unbelievable.
October 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmWhat’s the name of the affiliate? I’d like to drop them a note of thanks for valuing their integrity. That’s especially rare in TV news nowadays. It does a service to their audience, and journalism in general.
October 18th, 2008 at 2:18 am