Friday, October 03, 2008

Re: Two Hours of Blogging in One Post   [Andy McCarthy]

Steve, c'mon. Ifill did not do a good job. She asked straightforward questions and didn't get in the way of the answers. If that satisfies you, I guess that's fine. But it was an unmitigated disgrace for her to be presiding — and she is smart enough to know that, so not stepping aside was a culpable act. Will you be there when the book comes out on inauguration day, commenting, as Ifill rakes it in, that maybe she didn't do such a great job?

And we didn't give her flak. We pointed out the existence of a conflict of interest so blatant no MSM operative would have let anyone other than one of their own get away with it.

Tomorrow, the press will gleefully note that "even Stephen Spruiell of National Review conceded that 'Gwen Ifill did a good job.'" And those of us who argued that the job was about more than asking questions will be painted as hysterions. I don't expect anything different from Ifill's pals, but do we have to help them?

10/03 12:02 AMShare