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

[No Weatherman]

ACS:

When will you stop asking loaded questions?


On 10/25/08, Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com> wrote:
> NW --
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> When is Palin going to agree to any unscripted press conference?
>
> -- ACS
>
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> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM, No Weatherman <no.weatherman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >
> > 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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