From the Washington Examiner:
A vice presidential debate analysis from a
conservative media watchdog group found that debate moderator and ABC
correspondent Martha Raddatz asked 19 pro-Obama questions Thursday
night, but just 12 skewed Republican, a 40 percent to 25 percent margin.
"Any moderator whose weighted questions
favor liberals over conservatives by a 19-12 margin is biased," charged
Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center.
But he was quick to add that Raddatz, a
virtual expert on the Iraq and Afghan war and also a White House
correspondent, showed no bias in her specialty.
"The record shows it is not as bad as conservatives think, and not as good as liberals are stating," he said.....
According to their analysis provided to
Secrets, of the 48 questions and follow-ups from the moderator, "19, or
40 percent, incorporated a pro-Obama/Biden or anti-Romney/Ryan agenda,
vs. 25 percent or 12 questions that skewed in the other direction and 35
percent or 17 questions were neutral or purely information-seeking,"
they said
"Raddatz showed almost no bias in her foreign
policy questions, which split down the middle: eight pro-Romney vs.
seven pro-Obama, not counting the neutrals. But on domestic issues,
especially on the budget and taxes, she joined Joe Biden in pounding on
Paul Ryan, with a remarkable dozen questions that incorporated liberal
campaign themes, compared to just four based on a conservative premise, a
stark three-to-one liberal tilt," said the group.
Bozell said "she deserves a good deal of
credit for taking Joe Biden to task for the Obama Administration's
failures in Benghazi. She asked the hard, pointed questions that the
administration has managed to dodge for weeks. Her conduct during the
opening segment was refreshing and professional. http://washingtonexaminer.com/raddatz-favored-biden-40-to-ryan-25/article/2510571#.UHpjeq48VXs
Being a moderator at a presidential debate is both an honor and pain in the butt. No matter how hard you try, you are going to piss someone off.
However, Raddatz did show her bias with some of her questions and her failure to keep Biden under control. Biden acted like a complete jackass/thug/bully and she never once mentioned asked or told Biden to start acting like an adult.
But Raddatz wanted the job and she blew it when she decided to be biased. What a shock: not.
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