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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:07 AM
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WFTV's Barbara West on Biden interview: "These are questions that are rolling about right now ...."
Edited on Sun Oct-26-08 08:08 AM by BurtWorm
Rolling around like loose cannon balls, as a matter of fact. :eyes:


http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2008/10/wftvs-barbara-w.html



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 mate.

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 respect for Sen. Obama. We are given four minutes of a satellite window for these interviews. Four precious minutes. I got right down to it and, yes, I think I asked him some pointed questions. These are questions that are rolling about right now and questions that need to be asked. I don't think I was rude or inconsiderate to him. I think I was probing and maybe tough. I can't believe that in all of his years in politics, and all of his campaigning and such, that he hasn't run into some tough questions before. He's certainly up to it in giving good answers."


The interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_wQgWviZ8
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gaiilonfong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:08 AM
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1. she is a MalKKKin Ho and Fox wannabe
watch her McTROLL interview...she is a MalKKKin style racist wingnut
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OKNancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:09 AM
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2. It wasn't the questions really
Edited on Sun Oct-26-08 08:09 AM by OKNancy
She just had a snotty and hateful tone. It creeped me out
Edit: except the one where he said "are you joking" that was a really stupid question
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:16 AM
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4. That really was one of the most idiotic questions I've ever heard a journalist ask.
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Alhena Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:18 AM
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5. Her expression when she says "crushing poltical blunder" is priceless
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Realityhack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:11 AM
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3. I watched parts of the Video. What I can't believe is...
that people tune this in enough for her to still have a job. I can't understand how such a station is still in business.
Shouldn't we see the numbers on a program like that tank way before this point?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:22 AM
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6. Questions for West:
Do you deny that you have stopped abusing your children?

If your husband were told that you had committed adultery, what would your husband's reaction be?

When do you expect the IRS to audit your tax records?

Which crimes do you deny committing?

Is it true that you deny that you are a lesbian?

What medications for mental illness do you expect to be prescribed?








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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:28 AM
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8. Are you really considering hiring Sarah Palin's makeup artist?
Has your voice also had such a nasty tone?

Were you absent the day they taught Marxism in school?
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dcindian Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:27 AM
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7. There is a link on the blog that shows her interview with McCain
The difference is like night and day.


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Chloroplast Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:29 AM
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9. She interviewed McCain and attacked Obama in her first question.
Talk about gotcha journalism and sensationalism.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:36 AM
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10. My Interview with Barbara West
Me: Hitler was fond of saying that the bigger the lie, the more people will believe it. What would you say to people claiming that you're promoting big lies? Should they be worried that you're actually a Nazi?

:rofl:
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marshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:37 AM
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11. I'm so tired of people talking like Marx is the boogeman
I wish Biden had thrown it right back at her--"Hell yeah, we've read Marx. Some of his ideas make a lot more sense than what we've been doing lately in this country. Next question?"
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iamahaingttta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:41 AM
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12. "These are questions that are rolling about right now..."
Rolling about in the "minds" of idiots, maybe.
These questions are NOT rolling about in the minds of serious people.

"...and questions that need to be asked."
Again? Do these idiotic questions REALLY need to be asked AGAIN?
Really?

She really has no idea that her line of questioning made her look and sound like a complete idiot.
The next vice president of the United States was laughing at her, not with her, and she is too stupid and self-absorbed to get that.

Thanks to the internet, she's become a laughing stock...
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