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  Obama campaign cites Barbara West's "unprofessional interview" with Joe Biden in canceling WFTV's interview with candidate's wife by Hal Boedeker
Obama campaign cites Barbara West's "unprofessional interview" with Joe Biden in canceling WFTV's interview with candidate's wife by Hal Boedeker
Joebidenst Why did Barack Obama's campaign cancel an interview Jill Biden , wife of Sen. Joe Biden , was going to do with WFTV-Channel 9? The campaign cited "an unprofessional interview" that WFTV's Barbara West conducted with Joe Biden (pictured) on Thursday. WFTV news director Bob Jordan has ...
Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe Biden by Hal Boedeker
blogs.orlandosentinel.com — 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 ... (more) Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe ...
  WFTV's Barbara West on her interview with Joe Biden: "I don't think I was rude or inconsiderate to him" by Hal Boedeker
WFTV's Barbara West on her interview with Joe Biden: "I don't think I was rude or ...
blogs.orlandosentinel.com — Barbarawestst The Barack Obama campaign called Barbara West's interview with Sen. Joe Biden unprofessional and combative. The... veteran WFTV-Channel 9 anchor-reporter says she asked pointed questions and respects Sen. Biden, who is Sen. Obama's running ... (more) WFTV's Barbara West on her interview with Joe Biden: ...
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Joe Biden Angered by Tough Questions
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Hal Boedeker also cited how upset the Obama campaign was with an interviewer who finally asked tough questions of a Democrat candidate in another blog posting: ...

Biden Cries About Tough Questions, Obama Campaign Throws Tantrum
The Sundries Shack — For the first time this campaign, Joe Biden got some tough and fair questions from a local journalist. The results were hilarious . Biden sputtered and stammered and finally ended it in a fit of pique generally seen in infants and pampered Democratic politicians. Then the Obama campaign questioned the integrity of the reporter and canceled an interview with Joe Biden’s wife that the station had already booked. Hope. Change. Whining like a punk. Note to the MSM: Only the following subjects will be allowed in future interviews with either Barack Obama or Joe Biden. 1) Y R U SO ...

Ignoring McCain’s War Against The Press, Giuliani Criticizes Obama For Freezing Out Hostile Network
Think Progress — ... ” 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 unwilling to face “ ...

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Right-Wing Florida News Anchor Asks If Obama Is A Marxist; Defends Questions As ‘Probing’
thinkprogress.org 10/26/2008 — Yesterday, 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 ...
Biden Slammed During Florida Interview, Same Anchor Gives McCain Softballs
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Obama/Biden vs Florida TV Reporter Barbara West
mypetjawa.mu.nu 10/26/2008 — Ask tough questions get slammed by the Obama campaign. They appear to like the easy questions of MSNBC, NBC, CBS, NYT, etc. Florida TV reporter Barbara West asked hard hitting questions of Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Wednesday. Friday,...
Someone Wants a Job at Fox News
anonymousliberal.com 10/26/2008 — The right wing blogs are all worked into a lather over an interview Joe Biden did recently with WFTV, a local television station in Orlando. They seem to think Biden somehow embarrassed himself or got rattled during the interview. The fact that they ...
Biden TV interviewer was a joke
swamppolitics.com 10/27/2008 — by Frank James If journalism schools ever needed a perfect example to show their students of how an interview should never be conducted, it would be the recent encounter between Sen. Joe Biden and Baraba West, an anchor for WFTV in Orlando, ...
Joe gives the RNC its next ad.
redstate.com 10/25/2008 — "He is NOT spreading the wealth around!" This wasn't pretty: then again, interviews where you're being asked to distinguish between your running mate's views and Karl Marx's rarely are. Head's up via Ace of Spades The interviewer is ...
Joe Biden Can’t Take a Tough InterviewFullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
What do you expect from a career politician who could not write his own papers in law school or his own speeches when he first ran for President? Here is the first interview with Orlando, Florida WFTV-Channel 9’s Barbara West. Flap will embed the video below but it may be taken down ...
The interview NazisBabalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator
Like the infamous character from the Seinfeld episode, Joe Biden and the Obama campaign have transformed themselves into the "Interview Nazis." Ask a tough question? NO INTERVIEW FOR YOU! Question the past of the Messiah? NO INTERVIEW FOR YOU!...
Biden Angered At Philly Anchors During Tough InterviewNewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
CBS 3 interviewed Senator Joe Biden last Thursday, and he was none too pleased with the line of questioning. Anchors Chris May and Angela Russell asked about Barack Obama's "spreading the wealth" remark and about a Washington Times report about Biden campaign cash donations going ...
Team Obama bullies another TV station after another Joe Biden interviewRathergate.com
TV Station KYW in Philadelphia asked Joe Biden about Marxism and about paying family members huge sums of money from his campaign funds, and Biden was upset. He called Team Obama, and they shut off future interviews. KYW caved. Barry and Joe have no defense. (HT, Moe.)
Another Biden Meltdown, Another TV Station BannedLittle Green Footballs
Now the Obama campaign has banned CBS3 in Philadelphia for asking Joe Biden tough questions. At this rate, soon the only place that will be allowed to interview Joe Biden will be the Daily Kos. [Video] (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
FOX spins Biden interview, claims he didn't answer loaded questions.News Hounds
FOX is excited this morning because, they say, Joe Biden got tripped up in an interview with a local Florida station over the weekend, and the Obama camp subsequently cancelled another interview with Jill Biden. All I'd seen was FOX's reporting on the "tough" questioning and taunts of chicken, ...
Romney Condones Right-Wing Biden Interviewer: ‘They Were Legitimate Issues To Probe’Think Progress
On Friday, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) sat for an interview with Barbara West of WFTV Orlando, FL. West loaded her interview questions with right-wing smears, claiming that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) wanted to “ turn America into a Socialist country like Sweden .” The interview was so ...
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ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe Reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Monday blasted an Orlando anchor for the “ugly” questions she asked him in an interview last Thursday. “I was on a television station the other day doing a satellite feed to...
Joe Biden shuts down GOP talking point-spewing machineCrooks and Liars
Joe Biden sat down for an interview with Florida television anchor Barbara West Thursday and got hit by a barrage of Sean Hannity's talking points, prompting him to ask at one point, "Are you joking? Is this a joke? Is that a real question?" Interviewer: "You may recognize this famous quote: ...
Bring Out The Red FontThe Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
This Biden interview that Drudge is flagging is a joke. I mean: if punitive taxation is Marxist, then Ronald Reagan was a Marxist: I'm with A.L. : The right wing blogs are all worked into a lather over an interview Joe Biden did recently with WFTV, a local television station in ...
Biden Interview Meltdown Followup: West Says No RegretsStop The ACLU
Barbara West, whose interview with Joe Biden prompted (post from me and one from Jay, which has video) a meltdown and hissy fit from Biden and the rest of Camp Barry, had this to say to the Orlando Sentinel In a call to me Friday evening, West (pictured) said of Biden: "I ...
WFTV Biden Interview Followup: West Says No RegretsPirate's Cove
Barbara West, whose interview with Joe Biden prompted a meltdown and hissy fit from Biden and the rest of Camp Barry, had this to say to the Orlando Sentinel In a call to me Friday evening, West (pictured) said of Biden: “I have a great deal of respect for him. I have a great deal of ...
Fifth Grader Interviews BidenBlueNC - The people's think tank
Hate to come across all mushy and cooing, but this interview of Joe Biden by a fifth grader is so delightful that it's worth the risk. Biden is his usual somewhat clunky self, but the charm of this little boy outshines Biden's determination to stay on message, and is bound to give a boost to ...
Biden to Florida Reporter: ‘Are You Joking?’Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
During her interview with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Orlando’s WFTV News anchor Barbara West came right out with some familiar-sounding questions: Is Barack Obama ashamed of his close ties to ACORN? Isn’t Barack Obama kind of just like Karl Marx? Where could ...
Barbara West and Joe Biden: The Interview Barak Obama Doesn’t Want You to See(Obsolete Feed)
Obama-Biden got some tough, but fair, questions and they’re in total meltdown mode over it: 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 ...
Leftwing Blogosphere Crying About Biden's Tough InterviewNewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
The leftwing blogosphere went into full panic mode Saturday as a result of a tough interview Democrat vice presidential candidate Joe Biden had with a Florida anchorwoman two days ago (video embedded right). As my colleague P. J. Gladnick previously reported , Barbara West of the ABC TV ...
Obama camp doesn't like tough questionsBabalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator
Fallout: Why did Barack Obama's campaign cancel a WFTV-Channel 9 interview with Jill Biden, wife of Sen. Joe Biden? The campaign cited "an unprofessional interview" WFTV's Barbara West did Thursday with Joe Biden. In a statement Friday, Adrianne Marsh,...
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Welcome to Obamaworld, where tough questions are forbidden.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 ...
Obama-Biden Campaign Cancels Interview Because of Reporter’s QuestionsPatterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ] Jake Tapper of ABC News reports the Obama-Biden campaign cancelled a scheduled interview of Jill Biden by Orlando reporter Barbara West due to West’s “unprofessional interview” of Senator Joe Biden that would “make Rush Limbaugh proud.”  ...
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Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden gave it to Florida WFTV anchor Barbara West Thursday when she asked him a slew of questions straight out of John McCain's talking points. West began the interview by asking whether Biden was "embarrassed" by Barack Obama's association with ACORN. Biden ...