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On going "one-on-one" with Tom Brokaw, like being interviewed by Captain Kangaroo

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

One blog had this to say about Joe Biden's appearance on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, September 7:

On Sunday, September 7, in what was billed as "his first Sunday morning interview since accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for Vice President," Biden went "one-on-one" with Tom Brokaw and was once again spared any embarrassing questions about his shameful history of plagiarism, which many members of the public are still not familiar with.

Interestingly, Biden was quick to tell Brokaw that Palin has an obligation to appear on his program. It sounds like a set-up. And it is.

IPBiz notes

#1. It is true that Brokaw asked Biden no questions about Biden's past plagiarism.

#2. It is true that Lester Holt, on NBC's Sunday Evening News on Sept. 7, made reference only to Biden's discussion of Palin's obligation.

#3. It is also true that Brokaw asked Biden a pointed question about Biden's support from MBNA, and Biden's support for legislation favorable to MBNA.

#4. After Brokaw tediously read his MBNA question from a piece of paper, Biden gave a quick answer, and Brokaw was totally lost as to Brokaw's next step. Russert was always ready with followup questions, prepared in anticipation of likely answers. Brokaw's knowledge seemed limited to what was on his piece of paper.

The blog also noted:

I noticed recently that Mike Barnicle of MSNBC did a story about Biden, highlighting that he was an "Irish-Catholic" and a man of the people who rides a train. Biden rides the Acela, and has had some rather interesting interactions with Amtrak, which might be explored by the media. The more likely result is that the Amtrak connection as with the plagiarism connection won't be discussed much at all.

See also

Poor Joe Biden

Full post as published by IPBiz on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).