Couric Hides Embarrassing Palin Tape in Exchange for Exclusive Interviews

In Monday's column from Washington Post's Media Critic Howard Kurtz about Sarah Palin's disastrous interview with Katie Couric, he mentions more embarrassing footage of Palin was not released by CBS:

"And the worst may be yet to come for Palin; sources say CBS has two more responses on tape that will likely prove embarrassing. "

CBS Evening News insiders say the censoring of the Palin interview was orchestrated by CBS News heads and Couric in an effort to show the McCain campaign that they should choose the struggling nightly news program for their exclusive interviews.

With the McCain campaign's public crusade against NBC and MSNBC, CBS and Couric saw an opening to shore up her last place ratings among the big three nightly news programs. Speculation had swirled for months around Couric's future as a news anchor.

This summer CBS News was caught editing an interview with John McCain to correct his wrong answers to questions posed by Couric over the basic facts of the surge. CBS News also erased McCain's comments characterizing the Iraq war as the first major conflict since 9/11, which totally ignores the Afghanistan War.

This McCain omitted interview incident from July was the first in a series of troubling signs of favoritism by Couric and the CBS Evening News towards the McCain campaign.

The Politico is reporting that one of the embarrassing Palin responses revealed is her inability to name another Supreme Court ruling aside from Roe vs Wade. Palin shockingly somehow graduated from the University of Idaho with a minor in political science!

CBS News was busted covering up McCain blunders and now refuses to air incriminating footage of Palin floundering on simple American political history questions taught to middle school students.

Where is the tape CBS? Why are they hiding it from voters? Why is CBS manipulating their coverage to hide McCain campaign mistakes?

1. 'Substantive' Press Is Taken for a Spin
   
2. The next Palin gaffe
3. Katie Couric hits another record low in ratings
   
4. Katie Couric may leave CBS News, report says
   
5. CBS splices McCain interview clip
   
6. CBS News omitted a second McCain falsehood
   
7. Even while carrying McCain's water, media worry they aren't doing enough for him

UPDATE: CBS releases tape of Palin, oblivious to her running mate's age, making fun of Joe Biden's longevity in the Senate by claiming that she has listened to his speeches since the 2nd grade. (1972)


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UPDATE II: On a new video snippet, Palin, a journalism graduate, can not name one specific periodical that she purports to read.



Keith Olberman stated on his show Tuesday night that the Palin Supreme Court clip will air on CBS on their Wednesday evening news program. CBS just released text of the Supreme Court question to Palin but were dead silent on her answer.

UPDATE III: Here is Supreme Court Palin answer video that CBS has been holding back. Oh, It's a DOOZY!



Somehow Palin could not remember the Supreme Court case Exxon v Baker only 4 months ago, which she then released this statement against the ruling:

"I am extremely disappointed with today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court," Palin said. "While the decision brings some degree of closure to Alaskans suffering from 19 years of litigation and delay, the court gutted the jury's decision on punitive damages."

Palin's strength is allegedly energy policy too.

Palin's answer about agreeing with a constitutional right to privacy completely contradicts the major ruling basis in Roe v Wade.

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