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In THE BREAKTHROUGH, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning pres...

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Defining “moderator”
Hot Air » Top Picks — Defining “moderator” posted at 7:51 am on October 1, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Perhaps the Commission on Presidential Debates doesn’t understand the term “moderator” . According to Websters Dictionary, the word refers to a mediator, someone unaffiliated or neutral between two or more positions to facilitate discussion and negotiation. Jim Lehrer moderated the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, and did a fine job, mostly because he gave the appearance of fairness and objectivity. Lehrer hasn’t written books or magazine articles praising one of these men, nor does ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ABOUT THAT "PRO-OBAMA" BOOK BY GWEN IFILL ... I haven't read a word of Gwen Ifill's forthcoming book, and neither, I gather, have any of the Fox News-ites, veteran online right-wing attack dogs, and grandstanding bloggers who've declared it "pro-Obama." (Not one, as far as I know, claims to have read any of it.) But I'll give you an informed guess, based on the publisher's description of the book and its promotional video: this is a fairly wonky book, the primary purpose of which is not to tell you how wonderful Obama and his fellow new-style African-American politicians. Instead, it's clearly a work of ...

Journalism is dead.
Wizbang — The fair and balanced government funded PBS will be supplying the moderator for tomorrow night's vice presidential debate. Meet Gwen Ifill, Obama groupie and author of the book Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama ...

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PBS Debate Moderator Writes 'Breakthrough' Book About 'Upstanding' Obama, Black Democrats
newsbusters.org 10/1/2008 — There's one good reason Gwen Ifill, the host of the PBS show Washington Week, is moderating the vice -presidential debate: she has a forthcoming book about Barack Obama (and other black Democrats) called The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age ...

Meet the Biased VP Debate Moderator
stoptheaclu.com 10/1/2008 — Meet PBS anchor Gwen Ifill. She will be "moderating" Thursday night's vice presidential debates. She is also the author of the book titled, "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." The book is set to come out on January 20, 2009, ...

Ifill's Book is no Secret
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/1/2008 — By Howard Kurtz It's no secret that Gwen Ifill has been working on a book about the younger generation of black politicians. The PBS correspondent talked about "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" in a Washington Post article on Sept. ...

PBS' Ifill Writing Obama Book
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 10/1/2008 — It seems as PBS' Gwen Ifill preps to moderate the only veep debate of the season, she's also readying to debut another project entirely -- a book titled " Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama ." Now, Ifill is well-respected, beloved ...

Gwen Ifill Should Not Moderate The Debate
redstate.com 10/2/2008 — As you probably know by now, Gwen Ifill, the debate moderator for the Vice Presidential Debate, has a financial interest in Barack Obama winning the election. Ifill is the author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama , a ...

Gwen Ifill
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/2/2008 — If I may state the obvious, the fact that Gwen Ifill apparently has a forthcoming book titled Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama is a huge advantage for Sarah Palin. If you look at the demographic breakdowns of any poll, you could ...

Chris Goldberg: Picking Gwen Ifill: McCain's Latest Stunt? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

As we hurdle closer and closer to the dramatic showdown between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin tonight, the right is on fire about the moderator Gwen Ifill, the veteran PBS journalist (and African American woman) who is currently writing a book called "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age ...

McCain now wishes ?they hadn?t picked? Gwen Ifill to moderate VP debate. — The Hollywood Liberal

McCain now wishes ?they hadn?t picked? Gwen Ifill to moderate VP debate. Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he has “confidence that Gwen Ifill will do a professional job” moderating the Vice Presidential debate despite the fact that she is writing a book called “The Breakthrough: ...

The “objective” press: it’s bigger than Ifill — neo-neocon

By now you probably know that Gwen Ifill, moderator of tonight’s VP debate, has a book coming out right after the election entitled “ The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama .” This means she stands to profit monetarily from an Obama victory—not to ...

10/2: The Expectations Game — Blogometer

Conservative bloggers continue to launch accusations of bias at the moderator of tonight's VP debate, PBS' Gwen Ifill, whose upcoming book is titled The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Righty bloggers believe that Ifill has "a...

McCain now wishes ‘they hadn’t picked’ Gwen Ifill to moderate VP debate. — Think Progress

Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he has “ confidence that Gwen Ifill will do a professional job” moderating the Vice Presidential debate despite the fact that she is writing a book called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” “I ...

Gwen Ifill's Impartiality — Weekly Standard Blog

So it turns out Gwen Ifill never told the Commission on Presidential Debates about her book Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama , which is to be released on Inauguration Day. When she's asked if her book creates a conflict of interest, Ifill suggests that such concerns might be ...

Kinder, Gentler, Dumber McCain — Daily Pundit

McCain laments selection of Ifill - Mike Allen - Politico.com Hours ahead of the vice presidential debate, Sen John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized the selection of PBS’s Gwen Ifill as moderator because she is writing a book called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of ...

Does Ifill Have a Conflict of Interest? — The Volokh Conspiracy

The internet has been buzzing with charges that tonight's debate moderator, Gwen Ifill, has a conflict of interest because she is writing a book, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in...

McCain: Just Because Ifill's a pistol packin' mama doesn't mean she'll shoot. — AMERICAN DIGEST

Gwen Ifill discusses here forthcoming book, The Breakthrough John McCain discusses Gwen Ifill "I think that Gwen Ifill is a professional and I think that she will do a totally objective job because she is a highly respected professional," McCain said during an interview at the ...

Gwen's Gotta Go — Pundits Blog

Unbelievable. News broke today that PBS debate moderator Gwen Ifill is set to publish a new book on Inauguration Day 2009 titled Breakthrough: Race and Politics in the Age of Obama. I personally like Gwen Ifill and find her to be a probing journalist. However, given the title and subject matter ...

It’ll be like watching the Cowboys cheerleaders referee a Cowboys playoff game. — Rachel Lucas

Gwen Ifill, the “moderator” for tomorrow night’s VP debate, has a book coming out on January 20, 2009, called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” The publisher’s description of which includes lines like: [Ifill] surveys the American ...

PBS’ Gwen Ifill, an Obama groupie, moderates the veep debate — Rathergate.com

Gwenn Ifill of PBS is set to moderate Thursday night’s vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. Next January, he new book will be released: Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. It is due to be released on Janary 20 of 2009, the day the next President is ...

Ifill's Book Causes Stir — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

It turns out that Gwen Ifill, the moderator of Thursday night's vice presidential debate, has a new book coming out on Inauguration Day titled The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . A promotional video shows Ifill talking about the book's theme. Expect to hear a lot about ...

Amanda Carpenter: Re: Malkin's Column — Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog

The most important thing about Malkin's column is that it notes Gwen Ifill, who will be moderating Thursday's VP debate, wrote, what's being marketed as, a pro-Obama book.It's titled "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race...