Charlie Gibson and a crew from ABC News will pack up and head to Alaska for his interview with the elusive and press-wary GOP vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. After Palin bypassed two Sundays of potential interviews and attacked the media in her convention speech, after she was pointedly made unavailable to the press, and after John McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis blustered…
Why did Palin choose Charlie Gibson in the first place?
As much as Democrats, angry at Gibson’s tough questioning of Barack Obama at the April 16, 2008 debate, may think that he was chosen because he was favorable to the GOP, I don’t think that was the reason (nor do I think Gibson is a GOP shill; it was just a boneheadedly-handled debate). But the McCain campaign had three choices — three network anchors, each with viewers in the multi-millions — and I have no doubt that Brian Wiliams and Katie Couric put in the request
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/palin-why-gibson-got-the_n_125349.html
Here’s why I think they went with Gibson: (1) The GOP hates NBC.(2) Gibson is of the McCain generation: Charlie Gibson is the eldest of the Big Three, recently turned 65 to BriWi’s 49 and Katie’s 51. (3) Charlie Gibson is not a woman. Unlike Katie Couric! Who would be far less likely to face charges of sexism, and thus would have less reason to be extra-careful.(4) Katie would be out for the jugular. (5) BriWi gets hunting. He might ask an embarrassing question – Why risk it?
