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Think Progress: Right-Wing Florida News Anchor Asks If Obama Is A Marxist; Defends Questions As ‘Probing’
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias: Leftwing Blogosphere Crying About Biden's Tough Interview
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash: For her unstable, right-wing slanted interview with Joe Biden, Barbara "Marxist" West is our Media PUTZ of the Week
Right-Wing Florida News Anchor Asks If Obama Is A Marxist; Defends Questions As ‘Probing’
Think Progress —
... West later in the interview. When West asked if Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) wanted to “turn America into a Socialist country like Sweden,” Biden said, “I don’t know anybody who thinks that except the far right-wing of the Republican Party.” Watch it (beginning at 2:15):
Members of the media criticized West’s “unprofessional” interview, calling it “embarrassing,” “hostile,” and “ham-handed.” ...
Leftwing Blogosphere Crying About Biden's Tough Interview
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) sat for an interview with Barbara West of WFTV Orlando. West loaded her interview questions with right-wing smears, likening progressive tax policies to Marxism. Biden responded to West’s ridiculous line of questioning with disbelief. Powers then played a little sleight-of-hand with embedded links: Members of the media criticized West’s unprofessional interview, calling it “embarrassing,” “hostile,” and “ham-handed.” If you check that first link inside ...
Romney Condones Right-Wing Biden Interviewer: ‘They Were Legitimate Issues To Probe’
Think Progress —
... Journalists disagree with Romney; the questions were “out of bounds.” Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel said it was “the most embarrassing interview I’ve ever seen on local television.” Politico’s Ben Smith called it “ ...
Right-wing Orlando anchor Barbara West to appear on O’Reilly’s show.
Think Progress —
... during a recent interview, will appear on The O’Reilly Factor tonight on Fox News. West’s line of questioning – which included queries about whether Obama is a Marxist or a socialist – was dismissed by many in the media as “embarrassing” and “ ...
Right-Wing Orlando Anchor Given The ‘Factor Stamp Of Approval’ By O’Reilly
Think Progress —
Last Friday, WFTV’s Barbara West spent the entirety of her five minute interview with Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) spouting right-wing smears. In response to significant criticism of her conduct, West appeared on the O’Reilly Factor last night where Bill O’Reilly gave West the “Factor Stamp of Approval,” saying “good for you.” “You did your job, I didn’t have any problem with it,” O’Reilly said.
West noted that she had interviewed McCain for the second time yesterday and ...
Ignoring McCain’s War Against The Press, Giuliani Criticizes Obama For Freezing Out Hostile Network
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Ignoring McCain’s War Against The Press, Giuliani Criticizes Obama For Freezing Out Hostile Network After right-wing Florida news anchor Barbara West conducted a “ hostile ” and “ ham-handed ” interview with Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) last week, the Obama-Biden campaign canceled an interview that Biden’s wife Jill was set to do with West’s network, WFTV. The campaign also “suggested that future interviews with WFTV were unlikely before Election Day.” Since then, Fox News has latched onto the cancellation, implying that it means Obama and Biden are ...
McCain Shocked That Obama Campaign Would ‘Boycott’ Hostile Media
Think Progress —
Last week, Sen. Joe Biden (D-IL) sat down for an interview with Barbara West of WFTV in Orlando, FL. The result was one of the most “embarrassing,” “hostile,” and “blatantly biased” interviews of the campaign season, according to media experts. One example of West’s questions to Biden was whether Obama wanted to “turn America into a Socialist country like Sweden.” Following that decision, the campaign canceled West’s upcoming interview with Biden’s wife.
Yesterday in ...
For her unstable, right-wing slanted interview with Joe Biden, Barbara "Marxist" West is our Media PUTZ of the Week
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... West, an anchor for WFTV in Orlando, Fla. Embarrassing and painful are two words that quickly come to mind to describe West's interrogation of Biden last week. It may be the worst interview of a major political figure by a "professional" broadcast journalist I've ever witnessed. It was like something out of the old Soviet Union where propaganda masqueraded as news. Every question West asked revealed a bias against Sen. Barack Obama that reached the point of outright hostility. Mike Thomas of the hometown Orlando Sentinel weighs in : "This is the most embarrassing interview ...
