Palin Smears Debunked

What happened to Charles Gibson? -- Because the cordial, affable, almost likable Gibson-bot that interviewed Barack Obama can IN NO WAY be the cold, adversarial, hostile, condescending preener with his smart glasses perched patronizingly on the end of his nose, who interviewed Sarah Palin just a month ago.  No 'gotcha' questions.  No quotes taken out of context.  Just a nice friendly chat. 

What, you don't believe me?

Brutally Honest wondered when they were going to consummate the relationship.  Heh.

The Charles Gibson/Sarah Palin interview -- heavily edited, and Gibson was snarky and rude.  Michelle Malkin notes that his grilling of Palin over the "God's will" smear was based on inacurately redacted quotes from the AP.

Reax & roundups:  WizBang (Steve Schippert), The Anchoress (1), The Anchoress (2), Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit, Instapundit

UPDATE:  Charles Krauthammer, the man who coined the phrase "Bush Doctrine," schools the smug Gibson on what "Bush Doctrine" really means.

ABC News used Gibson's false "holy war" accusation to promote the second part of the interview, which aired on 20/20.

You can watch the 20/20 interview here.

Just for fun, here is a transcript of Charles Gibson's glaringly partisan softball interview with Democratic VP nominee John Edwards in 2004.