Originally Posted by SteveZ

Gov. Palin has shown great grace and composure in the Gibson & Couric interviews. Both of these alleged unbiased journalists may as well be wearing Vote For Obama banners across their chests anyway, as their position and preference are well demonstrated. Knowing that the interviewer, who controls the pace and questioning, is going to do their utmost to make you look less-than-stellar so that "their" candidate looks better takes guts to place yourself in such a negative interview environment.

There are a lot of slams on this board about the inferred bias of Fox News towards the conservative side. The sword cuts both ways here, as Gibson, Couric and several others in the network talking-head business are so far left they probably won't fly in airplanes because airplanes have right wings.

Say what you will about the interviews. It takes guts to know you are going to be set up from the beginning and do it anyway. Yes - the same would hold true for Sen. Obama or Sen. Biden to be interviewed by Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh.

To my memory neither senator has placed himself in that position despite requests for interviews having been made by these conservative types. That's either "good judgment' or "gutless," depending on your viewpoint.