Debate moderating: a thankless job
Bob Schieffer
In this Nov. 8, 2011, file photo, Bob Schieffer arrives at the 59th Annual BMI Country Awards in Nashville. Beneath Schieffer's Southern charm is the tough spine of someone used to dealing with politicians. The moderator of Monday's final presidential debate will need it, because it has been open season on the other journalists who have done that job this campaign. Thanks to a bitter campaign rivalry, thriving partisan media outlets and the growth of social media, debate moderator is approaching baseball umpire on the scale of thankless jobs. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
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tularockstar posted at 3:04 pm on Mon, Oct 22, 2012.
What a complete BS! Thank less job? Really? It's only thank less if one is biased and/or not fair when given the job of moderating one of the most important event this Century! Schieffer could have declined the offer from the election commission, but he didn't. The problem with him is that he has a poor track record of being a biased moderator as well as a news anchor. Mike Wallace and Tim Russert were the last two of the more-fair news anchors and reporters. All the other wanna-be anchors are now following the same liberal narrative and blatant lies to further the left-wing and Democratic party agenda.