WFTV-Channel 9 news’s Barbara West interview with Joe Biden has sparked attention from the national media for what the Obama campaign has called an “unprofessional interview.”
One of West’s questions included a quote from Karl Marx, a Communist icon, in an attempt to characterize Obama as a socialist.
Sen. Biden struck back, clearly surprised at the questions West asked him.
“Is this a real question?,” Biden asked sarcastically before chuckling.
West clearly came into the interview with an agenda: to base questions around Obama’s statement of ‘spread the wealth.’ The McCain campaign has had a field day with this statement. It’s the job of the campaign to scrutinize and use the words of their opponents for their benefit.
But reporters? No. It’s one think to ask the tough questions. It’s completely different to go into an interview with a list of biased and misleading questions.
With the presidential candidates telling half-truths and sometime down-right lies about each other, the American people’s only source of truthful information are journalists.
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