Was Gwen Ifill Fair?

I thought Gwen Ifill’s most biased question last night was this one:

Sen. Biden, we want to talk about taxes, let’s talk about taxes. You proposed raising taxes on people who earn over $250,000 a year. The question for you is, why is that not class warfare and the same question for you, Gov. Palin, is you have proposed a tax employer health benefits which some studies say would actually throw five million more people onto the roles of the uninsured. I want to know why that isn’t taking things out on the poor, starting with you, Sen. Biden.

Translated: “Sen. Biden, why are you fiercely standing up to those fat cats? Gov. Palin, why are you heartlessly stomping on the poor?” As Jim Geraghty points out, Ifill’s bias was shown more in what she didn’t ask than what she did. No questions about energy, I don’t think Ifill slanted any questions intentionally, but she is a liberal and Of course, the real bias Gwen Ifill’s Shameless Pro-Obama-Biden Hackery Gwen Ifill let Joe Biden off the hook tonight by not asking the candidates about the Great Bracelet Debate of 2008. Without a doubt, Palin would have skewered Biden on this issue: “You know, Gwen, I’ve been wearing bracelets since second grade, and unless Senator Biden has been hiding something from the American people, I think there’s no question who has more experience on this matter.”

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