[Silk Smoov]

Originally Posted by DirkFTW

Silk, does it bother you at all that Ifill did not disclose her book to the Commission on Presidential Debates when she was being considered as a moderator? Looks like she hid something from them that had to have taken her a lot of time to write.

Did you read this part:

Although Malkin raised the topic of Ifill’s impartiality the day before the debate, the PBS journalist said that Time magazine noted she was writing a book in August, and that it has been available for pre-sale on Amazon.com. The book also is mentioned in a Sept. 4 interview she gave the Washington Post.

Ifill questions why people assume that her book will be favorable toward Obama.

“Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon (who is white) when he wrote his book about Reagan?” said Ifill, who is black. Asked if there were racial motives at play, she said, “I don’t know what it is. I find it curious.”

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