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Mediamatters.Org - On the September 7 edition of NBC's Meet the Press, citing a New York Post article
reporting that television talk show host Oprah Winfrey will not host Gov. Sarah
Palin on her show before the presidential election, Tom Brokaw falsely
suggested that Winfrey has hosted Sen. Barack Obama on her show during
Obama's campaign for president. Brokaw stated: "Oprah did come out
for Barack Obama, did have him on the show," then asked Sen. Joe Biden: "Do you think
that some people will see that as an elitist position, that, in some ways,
Democrats may be afraid of her -- Sarah Palin?" But the Post article Brokaw cited itself reported
that Winfrey has not hosted Obama since he began his presidential campaign and
that Winfrey said she decided when she endorsed Obama that she would not use her show "as a platform for any of the
candidates."
The Post
reported that "Winfrey, who tapes her high-rated daily show in Chicago, has had
Obama as a guest twice -- in January 2005
and October 2006. Both
occasions were before the
Illinois senator officially announced he was running for
the White House." The Post also reported that Winfrey said: "At the beginning of this presidential campaign, when
I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not
to use my show
as a platform for
any of the candidates." According to the Post, "Winfrey added 'I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and
I would love to have her on after the campaign is over.' "
From the September 6 New York Post article:
The daytime-TV talk
queen said it was
highly unlikely she'd have
the self-proclaimed "hockey mom" appear alongside her,
even after reports that
there had been discussions to have Palin appear on a future show.
"At the
beginning of this presidential campaign, when
I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not
to use my show
as a platform for
any of the candidates," Winfrey said
in a statement.
Winfrey, a big supporter of Barack Obama, has
had other politicians on her show before, including Presidents Bush
and Clinton and former Vice
President Al Gore.
The TV host did leave the door open for
a Palin appearance - but only after the Nov. 4 election.
Winfrey added, "I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and
I would love to have her on after the campaign is over."
Winfrey, who
tapes her high-rated daily show in Chicago, has
had Obama as a guest twice - in January 2005
and October 2006.
Both occasions were
before the Illinois senator officially announced he was running for
the White House.
From the September 7 edition of NBC's Meet
the Press:
BROKAW: I want to move on in a
moment, but here's another headline that appeared in the New York Post -- Oprah
Winfrey decided not to have Sarah Palin on the show before the election.
"No-Prah!" -- that's the New York Post headline. "TV First Lady's Palin Insult," as they called it. Oprah did come out
for Barack Obama, did have him on the show. Do you think that some people will
see that as an elitist position, that,
in some ways, Democrats
may be afraid of her -- Sarah Palin?
BIDEN: Oh, no, I don't think
so. I mean, I think
it's -- well, I don't -- look,
that's for voters to decide. You're not going to see anything elitist. Look, what you
hear immediately from Barack Obama and Joe Biden, "Family's off limits," and we mean it,
that the personal stuff relating to some of the stuff that was popping out on
the talk shows is just inappropriate.
This -- she's going to be judged, I assume,
the same way I'm going to
be judged: What does
she know? What does she think? What's her record? What's she going to do? And as I look down the road, that's how
I've always debated whoever I've
debated, including the
really tough women I work with, the smart women in the Senate. So, I really don't view this any
differently.
I may be surprised, here, down the
road, but, you know, I
just looking forward to debating her. I mean, why -- look, she had a great speech, but was
-- her silence on the issues was deafening. She didn't
mention a word about health care, a word about the environment, a word about
the middle-class. That never parted her lips. I mean, so I don't know where she is on those
things.
BROKAW: Let's talk about the
polls if we can for a moment.
BIDEN: Sure.
Media Matters - Brokaw falsely suggested Oprah hosted Obama as a presidential candidate {...} On Meet the Press , citing a New York Post article reporting that Oprah Winfrey will not host Gov. Sarah Palin on her show before the presidential election, Tom Brokaw falsely suggested that Winfrey has hosted Sen. Barack Obama on her show during Obama's campaign for president. However, the Post article Brokaw cited itself reported that Winfrey has not hosted Obama since he began his presidential campaign and that Winfrey said she decided when she endorsed Obama not to use her show "as a platform for any of the candidates." {...} Published: September 7, 2008, 10:25 pm - Indexed: September 8, 2008, 11:09 am - Page Size: 22KB |