Martha Raddatz, the moderator for the VP debate tonight, at first glance appears well qualified to moderate. Her credentials are impeccable, and ABC has done a dandy job highlighting every aspect of her life and career. All aspects, that is, except her obvious ties with President Obama.
It seems that ABC failed to mention the fact that Obama went to her first wedding.
When she married Julius Genachowski.
Former classmate of Obama at Harvard Law.
Current FCC Chairman as appointed by Obama in 2009.
Now, to be fair, this really shouldn't matter.
But why, then, would ABC news purposefully omit such obvious and delicious details in their article "Getting to know ABC News Foreign Correspondent and VP debate Moderator Martha Raddatz".
The date on that article is Oct 11th. Yes, that's today.
A full 24 hours after this concern was brought to light, but still ignored by ABC.
This could backfire. She might over-compensate and end up favoring Ryan over Biden.
But this wouldn't be an issue if people were up front with such obvious concerns at the get-go.
This reeks of media bias. No matter how genuine she may be, the perception of bias should have been enough to choose another moderator.
