Tom Brokaw: Another Strongly Biased Moderator
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Former NBC anchorman (and interim Meet the Press host) Tom Brokaw is tonight’s presidential debate moderator, in the “town hall” format. Moderators usually choose a slate of “uncommitted voters” who ask mostly liberal questions. Charlie Gibson broke that mold in 2004 – and he’s the only one of the four 2004 moderators who didn’t get a repeat invitation. If anyone wonders if Brokaw is part of the liberal media, see our Greatest Tilts 1983-2003. Since Brokaw retired from the anchor desk after the 2004 election, here are more recent liberal utterances:
Obama Christ: “Senator Obama, who had an Ivy league education and could’ve gone to Wall Street, went back to Chicago, on the South Side. As you know, his supporters have defended him for working with poor families, many of whom lost their jobs when the Gary steel mills closed. In that mocking fashion, it seemed to a lot of people that you were belittling the role of a community organizer, and it led to this button — it was addressed to Senator Palin, because she also talked about it — ‘Jesus Christ was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor.’ In retrospect, do you think you had too much sport with his role as community organizer, Mr. Mayor?” – Brokaw to Rudy Giuliani after the Republican convention on Meet the Press, September 14, 2008.Run, Gore, Run! “How can you, given the passion that you feel about this issue and the enormity of the dimensions that we’re dealing with here, turn down the idea that you could be in the administration as a Vice President or as an energy czar or as both?…There is no power like 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for setting the agenda, for drawing attention to it, for moving the country, and for moving Congress. Mr. Vice President, no one knows that better than you do.”
— NBC’s Tom Brokaw to Al Gore, July 20, 2008 Meet the Press.
