[Vision2020] Obama cancels interview with a Free (not in the tank) Press

Andreas Schou ophite at gmail.com
Sat Oct 25 21:01:39 PDT 2008


NW --

When is Palin going to agree to any unscripted press conference?

-- ACS

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM, No Weatherman <no.weatherman at gmail.com>wrote:

> Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe Biden
>
> WFTV — Channel 9's Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with
> Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday. A friend says it's some of the best
> entertainment he's seen recently. What do you think?
>
> West wondered about Sen. Barack Obama's comment, to Joe the Plumber,
> about spreading the wealth. She quoted Karl Marx and asked how Obama
> isn't being a Marxist with the "spreading the wealth" comment.
>
> "Are you joking?" said Biden, who is Obama's running mate. "No," West said.
>
> West later asked Biden about his comments that Obama could be tested
> early on as president. She wondered if the Delaware senator was saying
> America's days as the world's leading power were over.
>
> "I don't know who's writing your questions," Biden shot back.
>
> Biden so disliked West's line of questioning that the Obama campaign
> canceled a WFTV interview with Jill Biden, the candidate's wife.
>
> "This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for
> your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for
> the duration of the remaining days until the election," wrote Laura K.
> McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama
> campaign.
>
> McGinnis said the Biden cancellation was "a result of her husband's
> experience yesterday during the satellite interview with Barbara
> West."
>
> Here's a link to the interview:
> http://www.wftv.com/video/17790025/index.html.
>
> Or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQXcImQfubM
>
> WFTV news director Bob Jordan said, "When you get a shot to ask these
> candidates, you want to make the most of it. They usually give you
> five minutes."
>
> Jordan said political campaigns in general pick and choose the
> stations they like. And stations often pose softball questions during
> the satellite interviews.
>
> "Mr. Biden didn't like the questions," Jordan said. "We choose not to
> ask softball questions."
> Jordan added, "I'm crying foul on this one."
>
> What did you think of the interview?
>
> http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2008/10/obama-campaign.html
>
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