ABC's Charles Gibson --- "Unaware" of Five Day-Old ACORN Controversy, Senate Vote to
De-Fund ACORN

Gibson, as John Stephenson and P.J. Gladnick of NewsBusters noted in September of last year, as a result of his interview with GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, twisted her words, with the help of selective editing, to portray her as some kind of out of touch, excessively religious, militaristic rube.

With the above interview, no editing is required. Who’s out of touch now, Charlie?

Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.

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UPDATE: Rush and some NB commenters are speculating that Gibson may have said “I haven’t heard about it” because the only other alternative would be to say a completely damning “We didn’t think it was important.” Gibson’s laugh at the beginning of his response does seem to be a bit nervous.

UPDATE 2: Here’s are the relevant posts of Jake Tapper at his ABC Political Punch blog:

* Sept. 11 – Census Severs Relationship With ACORN
* Sept. 14 – Senate Votes to Keep Housing Funds from ACORN
* Sept. 15 – House Republican Leaders Ask IRS to Sever Ties with ACORN

Tapper may be the only real journalist remaining at ABC now that John Stossel is going to Fox Business/Fox News.

Yeah, but Charlie's dimples will carry the day...