Sarah Palin Blasts Katie Couric on Fox: 'I Swear to You, I Will Not Waste My Time With Her'
Fox News is promoting tonight's interview with Sarah Palin on Hannity. She's declared she will not "waste" her time with the CBS anchor who drew all kinds of praise and even awards for pummeling Palin in 2008 (after going all cuddly with "close-talking, free-wheeling, ice-cream eating" Joe Biden). Hannity asked: "Would you even do another interview with Katie Couric?" Palin said she would like to be more open with journalistic professionals, but left Couric out of that category:
As for doing an interview though, with a reporter who already has such a bias against whatever it is that I would come out and say, why waste my time? No. I want to clean up the state, that is so sorry today, of journalism. And I have a communications degree. I studied journalism – who, what, when, where, and why of reporting. I will speak to reporters who still understand that cornerstone of our democracy, that expectation that the public has, for truth to be reported, and then we get to decide our own opinion based on the facts reported to us. So, a journalist, a reporter who is so biased and will no doubt spin and gin up whatever it is that I have to say to create controversy? I swear to you, I will not waste my time with her.
There you have it: "Read my lips: No new Couric interviews." It's a little bit like George W. Bush consistently denying any interview to Dan Rather. He would talk to Scott Pelley (and Couric) at CBS, but not to Rather.
On Twitter, Howard Kurtz of the Daily Beast offered protest:
Palin on Couric: Won't "waste my time" w/ "reporter who already has such a bias." Name 1 Katie question that was unfair
Start with Couric asking Palin about another Great Depression, and then she turned around and protested to McCain that using phrases like "Great Depression is reckless. Brent Baker offered an effective side-by-side comparison of the Palin and Biden treatments at the time.
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"What do you read?"
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 6:32pm.
I thought that was both unfair AND stupid!
Actually, I thought that it was a fare question,
Submitted by williamhenley on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:25pm.
however, what was totally BS was Cattie's not excepting Sarah's answer which was, "all of them" in referance to which papers and mags did she read.
It's a usless, irreverent question.
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:43pm.
That is a useless, irreverent question, for no matter what she reads, all reading tastes are different between people each person who hears the answer with ether find revulsion or appreciation for what is a personal, irrelevant subject. It;'s no better than "if you were a Tree, what Tree would you be?
Do you know how I would answer such a question about my reading habits? I would answer thusly:
"What newspaper and magazines do you read?"
"I read the English ones."
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I tend to agree, Cobra.
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:22pm.
I tend to agree, Cobra. Couric may as well ask "Governor Palin, do you watch me? How often? What was my lead story on last night's broadcast? How would you describe my winsome smile and perky demeanor?"
The question about the Great Depression alluded to at the end of the blog may not have been inherently unfair, but to then turn around and suggest to McCain that Palin's use of those words might cause unnecessary public anxiety--when Couric herself had first employed the term!--was incredibly shabby journalism and shockingly unprofessional.
The woman should be released from her anchor--NOW!
Jer
Bookmark, ASAP!
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:28pm.
We actually agree? That's so rare I need to bookmark this page! Heh, just kidding.
Here's a bigger shocker, I agree that the Great Depression question WAS actually a relevant question, and yes, Katie's action after that was abhorrent.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Very thoughtful, Jer.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:29pm.
I find that I tend to agree with what you post at 7:22 PM, rather than what you post at, say, 12:56 AM!
An odd phenomenon, Newsbubba...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:52pm.
Just recently, I've noticed a mysterious yet irresistable onset of conservative sympatico between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m ET on Mondays and Thursdays. I am concerned.
;-)
Jer
We made it home alive!
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 9:01pm.
Well, to be honest, we're all so happy that we made it home alive (all those texting teenagers on the road, you know) that we'll even be gracious towards our age old enemies, the dreaded liberals.
Once the glory, the sheer ecstasy, of surviving another car trip wears off, though, watch out! We're back on the prowl and liberals are on the menu!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Congratulations on the safe
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 9:39pm.
Congratulations on the safe return--and thanks for the brief cease-fire--but be careful on the sidewalks too.
Jer
Oh, great!
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:39am.
Oh, great, now I'm at risked of getting mowed down by a distracted pedestrian! (Will this BS ever end?)
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Hey Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 11:56pm.
Don't forget Sundays! And for a guy who obsesses about numbers, that makes 3 out of 7. Looks like you are showing great improvement...Starting to like the Jerster...;-)
Cajun~hurry!
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:20am.
I just read Jer's comment that he is usually reasonable (in other words, conservative-minded) between the hours of 7-9 p.m.
I'm getting off this thread before Jer comes back! I want to remember him this way. At least for awhile. ;)
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Cajun, I'm going to pm you
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:19am.
Cajun, I'm going to pm you
Jer?Jer? Jer?
Submitted by GG_NB on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 11:28pm.
Oh...my...gosh. I've never been more proud of you! ;)
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Couric the Pig....
Submitted by adamsmith on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 10:38am.
Sarah in hindsight should have said, "I avoid most newspapers and MSM because of biased reporters like you. Katie my dear, you're a liberal pig whom has had quite a hand in making that kind of media dishonest and irrelevent." Sarah wasn't expecting that kind of liberal hatchet job. She expects it now and handles them beautifully. If you are somehow reading this Mrs Palin, you are more than free to use my answer here anytime you like. Media is the next thing El Becko needs to expose after Spooky Dude. It's all a bunch of Communist pigs who have been at this for a long time...
Why?
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 10:59am.
How could Palin not have understood this when she got the VP bid? Palin and I are roughly the same age and I've known about this since the 80's.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
I personally don't read
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:28pm.
I personally don't read newspapers and barely remember their names if I do. I mostly surf the net for my information. I wonder what Choleric would say if Palin said she watches FNC for her news and reads NB for factual information because the papers are outdated and FNC is unbiased. And then go on to say she reads stuff on teh net and researching articles from the source.
In reality I imagine most politicians are too busy to do anything other than skim the headlines. Most probably have people read the paper and condense the message.
I saw Katie's question as a set-up
Submitted by needle on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:08am.
There is no way that Sarah could answer such a question without exposing herself to hostile critics.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
How about saying....
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 11:02am.
...."I make it a point to read both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times on a daily basis. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer!"
Something witty like that would have been a great response.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
I can tell Henley is a young guy. His misspelling ...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 11:20am.
of common words and poor english gives him away. He is a product of today's educational system. Either that, or he is a victim of dyslexia.
that's just not fare...
Submitted by TruthMonger on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:05pm.
that's just not fare...
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Woo Hoo!
Submitted by DaMama on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 6:39pm.
You go, Sarah! Put that idiot Couric in her place. She is like every other network newscaster. They are always liberally biased.
Being liberal, that means you must hate Sarah Palin with a passion. You must be obssessive in your hatred and it must overtake your life and career. Nothing is more important to the liberal than bashing Sarah Palin.
What a stinking hypocrite!
Submitted by KC Mulville on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 6:46pm.
Wait just a second.
Howie -- you answered your own question, about yourself. The fact that you would challenge Palin but obsequiously defer to Jimmy Carter is all the proof we need.
Bullseye
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:41pm.
Useless Liberal Media
Submitted by cobokat on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 6:53pm.
No one should waste their time going on any of the liberal biased networks unless they want to subject themselves to the rhetoric that will follow.
Go Sarah
Submitted by PrimalElements on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:22pm.
It's about TIME!
I wouldn't waste my time either.
Submitted by Lord-come-soon-... on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:32pm.
Sarah Palin is a nationally reknowned person. Why would she waste her time being interviewed by someone who very few people are watching? Couric's ratings are pathetic, and so is she. CBS must cringe every time they hand her a paycheck.
Hooray
Submitted by grammajane on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:37pm.
Good for Sarah!! Any conservative candidates/politicians would be doing themselves a huge favor in staying off the
"Big Three" msnbc and cnn plus pbs. It is a total waste of their time. Stick with the winners and viewers who care about America
Good Girl, Sarah!
Submitted by jakota on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:53pm.
You're never going to get the ultra-liberal vote in any event, so why allow them any opportunity to attack you?
Don't forget this...
Submitted by Fenwick on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:54pm.
http://www.liquida.com/video/7ba38701/katie-couric-raw-leaked-footage-of-couric-making-fun-of-sarah-palin-full/
And this "journalist" actually won a award for Excellence in Journalism. Oh wait, nevermind - it was just the Walter Cronkite Award.
nevermind - it was just the Walter Cronkite Award.
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:06pm.
Good point. It's kind of like getting the "I Kissed My Own Butt" award.
Thanks for the chuckle.
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:35pm.
"I Kissed My Own Butt" award. Now that funny!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Buwhahahahaha!
Submitted by Rukus on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 9:15pm.
That's too funny Phil! LOL!
Way to go, Sarah....don't
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:23pm.
Way to go, Sarah....don't bother with those fools.
Sarah needs to distribute
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 8:28pm.
Sarah needs to distribute algunas testiculos to the male repubs....seems to be a shortage...
Chris, Bobby and now Sarah
Submitted by dr-go on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 9:10pm.
have finally stood up and said what the old media talking heads need to hear which is, if you continue with your bias, you aren't relevant and certainly not needed.
It's not only the questions
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 9:34pm.
It's not only the questions, which, in reading, perhaps don't sound that biased or hostile. It's the tone of the interview, which has to be watched to clearly sense the hostility and prosecutorial atmosphere created by the interviewer - like Couric. Plus, one rarely sees an MSM interviewer openly debate a liberal guest as they do conservatives. With a liberal, they smile and nod and help them get the liberal points across.
Katy was definately harder or
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 9:42pm.
Palin than Biden, but Palin looked bad in that interview and it was as much her fault as KatiesYeah, they should have
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 9:50pm.
Yeah, McCain's boys should have prepared Palin better before throwing her into the pool with that pirhuana. Palin probably, at the time, naively thought that Sweet Katie Purebred was going to help her along, "woman to woman" and, boy, was she ever wrong.
As Sick and Low as You Can Get...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:12pm.
Today, I saw what I believe is the nastiest syndicated political cartoon in a mainstream paper (Albuquerque Journal) ever. It showed two huge grizzly bears finishing up the bones of a woman who's glasses, severed feet, and scalp are laying in the foreground. One bear is saying to the other (this is close to the original line): "Meaning no criticism to Ms. Palin, I would have enjoyed her more with a good cabernet". It was sick, mean-spirited, gruesome, and definitely not funny to anyone but a rabid Palin hater. Liberal political cartoonists apparently have no rules of civilized behavior
We all know that any
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:14pm.
We all know that any political cartoon about Obama is considered racist and hateful. The one you describe about the death of Sarah Palin, well, we should have a sense of humor about. I'm so sick of this double standard. There was nothing political about that cartoon, just viscous.
As jaded as I am (I thought
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:19pm.
As jaded as I am (I thought that nothing could shock me) this cartoon caused my jaw to drop to the floor. I can't believe that anyone could draw anything this sick or that any paper would print anything this bilious, especially the ABQ Journal, a paper with apurported conservative editorial page .
CN: re Palin cartoon
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:54pm.
I haven't seen that cartoon, but are you sure it is anti-Palin and not perhaps intended to depict how she is being "devoured" by vicious and voracious critics?
The Journal cartoonist, John Trevor, appears to have a slightly rightward tilt. His latest online offering portrays Obama as a uniformed [Nazi-like] authoritarian figure overseeing the TSA assault on American liberties.
Jer
Don't think so. It wasn't the
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 11:12pm.
Don't think so. It wasn't the Journal cartoonist's work, which is positioned at the top center of the page, while this ran below and off center - and it wasn't his style of drawing (which is slightly second-rate) . At first, I thought it was Oliphant's style, but I couldn't make out a signature and it lacked the little bird offering secondary commentary. Also, it isn't shown on their website under his work. The bears weren't identified as "the media" or drawn to suggest that. Even if it was from a conservative view point, it was still violent and sick and shouldn't have been run anywhere - let alone in a mainstream paper.
Okay...I think the latest of
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 11:12pm.
Okay...I think the latest of Trevor's was from last Friday and thought maybe this one you describe about Palin was his work also-- just not posted online yet.
Jer
If that was the only evidence
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 11:20pm.
If that was the only evidence or lack of evidence, it could be, but like I said, he would've had to change his style of drawing radically. I've been searching the net trying to find a posting of this but can't find it yet. Still, no one, no matter what point they were trying to make, should have drawn this. It just wasn't funny and it was clearly meant to somehow be humorous - like in reference to "Mama Grizzlies" and "Sarah Paln's Alaska". The Journal, although editorally conservative, features many liberal syndicated features - some days their syndicated columns and cartoons are all liberal.
No way to know what the
Submitted by cc1975 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:29am.
No way to know what the artist intended, but it could be taken as a critism of Palin's show showing her and her family so close to bears. The fact that it was a mother and cubs makes it even more dangerous and foolish to be so nearby. It's like that "Grizzly Man" documentary. People were like "he deserved to get eaten". This cartoon could be taken along those lines. It may not have anything to do with politics!... but I'm sure that's unlikely.
Regardless, depicting someone getting eaten is very mean-spirited.
What made it so sick was her
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 1:37am.
What made it so sick was her scalp, dismembered feet, and glasses laying on the ground. If it wasn't a cartoon it would've been in a horror film. You don't treat a political figure like this no matter who it is. I would strongly object if it was drawn by a conservative and supposed to be - say - Hillary Clinton.
There is no reason to go to
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:25pm.
There is no reason to appear with the old line MSM anymore because they are not journalists nor are they impartial media outlets
. It's no longer necessary to go through any of those outlets to reach the majority of the public.
Let us not forget that Katie
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:30pm.
Let us not forget that Katie is a very stupid person too. Remember this statement by Joe Biden when he was interviewed by Couric:
“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed,” Biden told Couric. “He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’”
Did you brain dead Couric correct Biden? Or did that colonoscopy she have destroy more brain cells than was originally thought?
I said it way back when, if a GOP candidate wants to do an interview on one of the Lame Stream Media they should do the following:
1) Bring a video camera and have someone on their staff record the entire interview
2) Have their staff do a comparison of questions the interviewer has asked liberals versus Republican/Conservatives
3) Push back against loaded questions, challenge the interviewer when they ask these questions.
4) Ask why the interviewer gives softballs questions to liberals and use the material that the interviewee brings to the interview
5) Post the entire interview on their website to show how the LSM edits interviews.
I am sure there are more things that can be done but I am taking this from the top of my head.
I really like Palin, but
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:42pm.
I am afraid she is not ready for the most grueling nastiest set of debates that anyone could be subjected to. Does she have the skills in fencing? It's not her spirit or philosophy I worry about.
It's can she out debate and out duel the nastiest most artful of foes?
Maybe, maybe not. Two years
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 11:48pm.
Maybe, maybe not.
Two years ago she did well in her debate against a longtime Washington player, Joe Biden. Sure, he's not a genius, but Palin was a novice on the National scene with a decidedly lesser pedigree. Palin ate Biden's lunch for much of the debate.
Two years later, I think the woman has grown in both knowledge and savvy, becoming more adept at handling the Media, politicians and political operatives from both sides of the aisle. She has and still is being steeled in a constant boiling cauldron of political and personal attacks. If not now, then by the time the primaries roll around Palin will not be someone you'd want to play chicken against. This woman won't flinch.
Will she run? I don't know. If she does, I believe she can change resistant Republican opinion and many an Independent and even some Democrat propagandized minds once they hear her without the filter of a heavily biased Media. Given the assumption that the Media will continue to villify her, the public seeing Palin's unadulterated performance in live debates will be very important in determining her viability.
Can she out debate and out duel the nastiest, most artful of foes? The only way to know is for Palin to run.
Since no one knows who the Republican frontrunners will be, it's difficult to guess if Palin will feel compelled to join the race. If the candidates are the same bunch as last time, then I think she will throw her hat in the ring.
that is the problem
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:28am.
"The only way to know is for Palin to run."
This is a risky experiment. The only way to know is to go with a tested quantity. Losing in 2012 is not an option. We need to stop this runaway train before we go off the cliff and now.
These people are schooled in debate and so would Palin need be. I do not know that she has that yet. In my humble but rock like opinion, it would be better to find a second best with the strongest of debating skills and principals and let Palin evolve and mature in this area as well and run later.
Again, we cannot afford to lose here.
I'd like to have that strong
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:45am.
I'd like to have that strong complete candidate as well. I don't know if there are any we know of today that are likely to run. There may be a surprise out there. This is a problem. It is too easy to just leave it at "anybody but Obama".
Maybe it's a good thing I have no decision on who should be the Republican candidate yet. I know who I don't want. That's the easy part.
strat...from my Democratic perspective,
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 3:14am.
the potential GOP candidate for prez who looks and sounds most impressive--and whose conservative credentials [so far] appear solid--is Marco Rubio. Now he "scares" me. Sarah...not so much.
Jer
He has the potential for a
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 4:13am.
He has the potential for a blockbuster candidacy at some point.
The Party needs to re-invigorate itself, renew itself. Rubio appears to be all that and a bag of chips.
Now we'll see how he governs.
Why would he "scare" you at all? I mean, you earned some Conservative cred earlier tonite, especially with the ladies here. :-)
Well, strat...just between
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 4:31am.
Well, strat...just between us, you know...we guys will say a lot of things just to impress the ladies.
[But, it was the truth. I'm appalled the network of Edward R. Murrow has a Katy Couric ensconced in the most visible and prestigious seat at CBS News.]
Jer
Don't leave
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:17am.
out Bob McDonnell.
The man is a class act and he speaks very well. Very intelligent, very savy.
Sadly Rubio needs a few more
Submitted by BD on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:50am.
Sadly Rubio needs a few more years to learn how to communicate to those of us in the outside world beyond the political bubble. Same-same Jindal.
Palins greatest strength is that when you watch her you know exactly what she is saying. She is like Reagan that way. Rarely any fluff. She gets right to the center of the normal american brain. Normal AMericans who know deep in their heart that a sunday afternoon picnic in the city square of Belton Texas or Lynchburg Tennessee exposes you to more of america than all the brunches and Salons at Sally Quinn & Ben Bradlee's.
Sadly, that strength of being
Submitted by Bruzilla on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 9:46am.
Sadly, that strength of being clear in what she says will also be her downfall. She has minimal executive experience, and hardly any business experience, which is what we're going to need to get the economy out of the ditch Obama and his pals put us in.
Also, remember that's it's only been recently that Palin has found her voice. When she was the VP candidate, about all she ever said was a rehashing of talking points that you would hear on shows like Hannity's or Limbaugh's. She would talk about the need to "reduce taxes and spending", but when asked how she would do that, she never really had an answer. She's gonna need a lot more than talking points if she's going to run.
She was hamstrung by MCains
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 10:15am.
She was hamstrung by MCains policies during her run as VP canditate. We all know you don't like Palin as a canditate. Bruzilla God said speak the truth to people and you can never go wrong. Palin speaks the truth and people respond and she resonates with the average voter. Presidents Reagan and Bush the younger had the same common man approach.
I will agree Palin needs to bone up on some policies and such or at least not get flustered. She has been under fire and knows what to do. But, she might not want to subject her family to the stress of the Presidency and running for President again.
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2012
Submitted by kilrod on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:04am.
My prediction; 0dummy will not be the dimocrap canidate in 2012.
The race will be between Palin and Dolldo Hil. The reps. will elect the First Female President of the U.S.A.~**~ (what a cat fight)
(grins) kilrod "the Birther"
"If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,"~?
If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,??
Oh my word... I can't believe
Submitted by Bruzilla on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 9:40am.
Oh my word... I can't believe you guys are trying to justify Palin's pitiful sophmore performance on Couric! I'm not trying to be hypercritical of Palin, I mean she had just been forced to go from 0 to 150 MPH in the campaign and do so virtually overnight, so it's no surprise she wasn't at her best then, but trying to say asking a VP candidate what mags and papers they read is a bogus question??? C'mon folks... you're sounding like the Obama defenders who kept trying to say his hanging with 60's radicals meant nothing.
Palin screwed up on an interview. Big effin deal. If that's the worst thing she ever does, she'll have nothing to worry about.
While I'm sure KC was on her
Submitted by llhjunk on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 9:54am.
While I'm sure KC was on her mind when she made this statement, SP did NOT stop with the "her", she also added "or him", just to be fair!!
My concern about this position
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 11:15am.
If Palin is insinuating now that she won't do an interview with Couric because she is so over the top biased, why didn't she know and understand this sort of stuff three years ago? And furthermore, I want our President to be able to handle an interview from anybody, no matter their bias.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
I agree..
Submitted by rowdygirl on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 10:55am.
Why would anyone (on the left, of course) find fault with this? Obama picks and chooses who he speaks too, as does most of the left. I don't blame her for not wanting to do interviews with people whose main goal is to defame, criticize and humiliate her. I think she could handle it, but that's not the point.
Anyone who can't be a professional, unbiased and open to all sides of the issues, doesn't deserve the time of day.
Tam
Good for Sarah Palin. It is about time Conservatives ...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 11:11am.
struck back at Liberal news people who are rude and nasty to Conservative guests. I stopped watching the left wing media and people like Couric long before anyone ever heard of Fox News.
Is it just me?
Submitted by generalbroccoli on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:06pm.
I couldn't watch the 'Sarahmercial" last night, and I'm a fan! It bothers me that Fox is beginning to be more what the detractors accuse it of being, and with more regularity.
I used to watch the whole Fox line-up at night (minus Shep), and now I find myself skipping over Hannity too. Seems his whole format has become "Republican good, Democrat bad", no matter what the subject happens to be. Just my humble opinion of course.
I did watch Bernie Goldberg in a very uncomfortable interview with Bill O right before Hannity came on where Bill was trying to get Bernie to agree with him that Fox is the best thing ever on TV. Poor Bernie was trying his best to walk that fine line between being employed and unemployed by giving kudos to Fox where he could but also saying that, given the gift of the audience and influence it has, they are blowing the opportunity to be a completely new kind of media - fair and balanced, but also a little less partisan than they are. I think he made a good point (hope he still has a job!).
A correction
Submitted by markn on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 1:10pm.
Her closing remark last night was addressed to biased journalists in general, not Katie Couric specifically.
She says that she will not talk to her or him (almost inaudible in the edit) meaning any biased journalist.
And I was really looking
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 4:24pm.
And I was really looking forward to Interview 2: Judgement Day.
Ah well, if I was Sarah I wouldn't look forward to too many interviews led by those who previously made me look foolish.