Gwen Ifill

Gwen Ifill (born Sept. 29, 1955) is a television journalist who appears on "Washington Week" on PBS and is a senior correspondent for "The NewsHour."

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With her book on Barack Obama pending release, is Gwen Ifill too biased to be a good debate moderator?

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Tim Russert: Warmly remembered on ‘Meet the Press’

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From: dailycelebsearch.com

Tim Russert’s chair was empty on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, two days after his unexpected death. But Russert was very much present on the full-hour tribute to this giant of political journalism who hosted NBC’s public-affairs program for more than 16 years. “His voice has been stilled,” began Tom Brokaw, who led the conversation, “and our issue this sad Sunday morning is remembering and honoring our colleague and our friend ….” Brokaw and a half-dozen others were seated in front of the “Meet the Press” set and its angular table, left vacant, where Russert had presided as recently as last week. Brokaw noted ... Read Full Story

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Controversy over Gwen Ifill as Tonight’s VP Debate Moderator

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From: ktracy.com

PBS’s Gwen Ifill will moderate tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate despite controversy over her politically liberal views. For the past few days, there has been a lot of controversy over the moderator of tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate, Gwen Ifill. More specifically, over a book she’s writing titled, “The Age of Obama.” While it’s unknown for sure whether or not Gwen Ifill’s book is a tribute to Obama’s new political brand or this generation of shallow politicians who don’t talk about the issues and the voters who don’t care about the issues, everyone seems to assume that the book will favor Obama. Personally, I found those ... Read Full Story

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McWhorter Watch: John McWhorter on Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and the “Racist” Label

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Manhattan Institute Fellow and Former UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor John McWhorter *** On a recent episode of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, John McWhorter illustrated, once again, how curiously complex (a sometimes contradictory) his perspectives on race really are. Many have called McWhorter a Black conservative, but that is not quite an accurate assessment. In fact, McWhorter’s views on race and racism seem largely inspired by his own experience as a highly-educated Black professional from a middle-class background. For McWhorter, as for many other Black people from similar backgrounds (myself included), racism is a very real part of life — sometimes difficult, somtimes disappointing, ... Read Full Story

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VP debate moderator releasing Obama-friendly book (Update)

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From: www.youdecide2008.com

This recent revelation seen on the Drudge Report and first reported by WorldNetDaily is questionable with regard to political motivations and the fact that the book has been no secret for months now. Thursday night’s VP debate moderator, Gwen Ifill from PBS News, is set to release a book about post-racial politics on inauguration day in 2009. The book is not centered on Obama, however, from the description it appears give him favorable praise. You can view the Amazon.com product page here . See updates below, story amended and extended, and somewhat exposed. Whether you’re for Obama or McCain, think of having a pro-McCain ... Read Full Story

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Gwen Ifill & Fighting the Smears

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This may come as a shock to some, but even journalists have personal lives and hold political opinions. Their job is to set those opinions aside and be objective when reporting on an issue. No one has ever impugned Gwen Ifill’s integrity in any serious way, mostly because her most recent position is with the uber-wonky Lehrer Report, which is quite literally the antithesis of the garbage available on the more popular cable news nets. The fact that Gwen Ifill is penning a book about modern-day African-American candidates and politicians is no surprise, as I’m sure PBS doesn’t pay megabucks and Ifill is looking ... Read Full Story

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"NewsHour" Gets a Make-Over

"PBS Newshour" will debut next Monday with a name change, a rotating co-anchor and a new reporter- Hari Sreenivasan, formerly of CBS News. WaPo's Howard Kurtz notes it will be the first time since Gerald Ford was President that Jim Lehrer's name- "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"- will not be on the newscast. Lehrer will remain the executive editor of the program and he'll be joined at the anchor desk by PBS correspondents Gwen Ifill, Judy...

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