Gwen Ifill on the Palin-Biden vice-presidential debate

Journalist Gwen Ifill discusses moderating the Palin-Biden debate in 2008 and the many challenging circumstances surrounding the event.

"Sarah Palin said, 'I don’t have to answer the moderator’s questions.' Well, when she said that I had this moment where I thought I could say, ‘Really? I thought that’s what you agreed to.’ Well, if I had done that, especially in that environment, it would have become a question about me challenging her. It would have also been, I guarantee you, depicted as a cat fight because it was two women on the stage."

Watch Gwen Ifill's full interview where she talks about her journey from The Baltimore Evening Sun to PBS NewsHour.

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