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Barbara West interviewed Joe Biden during the presidential campaign and put to him a series of tough relevant questions that will no doubt become LEGENDARY. Unfortuanately, for America and Americans, it appears that the community organizer will prove that Barbara West was right in more ways than one. So, how's Obama's "Spreading the Wealth Around" message serving you and your family these days?

Based on her interview with Sen. Joe Biden, we may assume that WFTV, Orlando Anchor Barbara West: 1. Did not graduate from a school of communications, 2. Will never receive an award from the Society of Professional Journalists, 3. Is unlikely to be employed by The New York Times in the foreseeable future, and 4. Will soon be working with Joe the Plumber, installing bathroom fixtures. Silly rabbit -- Didn’t West know that tough questions are reserved for Republicans? Yet, there she was asking old leaden-tongued Joe how his running mate’s spread-the-wealth platform differed from standard Marxist redistributionism (from each...

Dear Viewer: Thank you for taking time to contact us regarding Barbara West's recent interview with Senator Joe Biden, the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate. Thousands of viewers have contacted us. We have personally read hundred of emails and listened to callers expressing their opinions on this interview, both critical, and supportive. Your comments are important to us. This interview is part of a much larger body of work that has covered both campaigns for months. In addition, WFTV has interviewed numerous other candidates from both parties throughout this election process, and we pride ourselves in offering many diverse on air...

Wade West, husband of WTV-Channel 9 anchor Barbara West, wants to clear up confusion in the blogosphere. "I'm being listed as a primo political guy. Incorrect," he told me Tuesday morning. He is not -- repeat not -- working as a Republican media consultant. Barbara West told me on Monday she had failed to update her station bio to reflect his current business. These days, Wade West has a company that stages charity auctions. He stressed that he didn't work exclusively with Republicans. He worked with Paul Wellstone, the late Minnesota Democrat, in combatting human slavery. West also worked with...

Here is the interview. http://www.wftv.com/video/17790025/index.html

Orlando WFTV-Channel 9 newsanchor, Barbara West, who asked Sen. Joe Biden a series of "tough" questions last Friday (and afterward the Obama/Biden campaign banned any further interviews with WFTV) is scheduled to be a guest on FOXNews Channel's The O'Reilly Factor this evening (8 p.m. EST). Among others things, Ms. West asked Sen. Biden to explain: Obama's "Redistribution of the Wealth" economic policies Obama being a Marxist Link to interview on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxT0ELP7az0

Just saw on FoxNews

w/video included as FYI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X346U109Chs some quotes of the DUrats crying over how hard she was: "Who the f*** is that Repug plant of a news reporter?" "She may very well be a useless RW sock puppet" "Unbelievably biased interview questions ... Where is this from? Who is the reporter?" "What news show as that??? Worse than Fox News in that it was so hammered and fixed." "Who the holy hell is doing that interview??????" "wow, she took time from bleaching her hair to dig up a Marx quote?" "Wow, that is one hostile interview" "BLOCK this YouTube User here:"...

DEMOCRAT UNDERGROUND http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/2965 Shame on Barbara West, WFTV, Orlando, for her ignorant confrontational interview with Joe Biden. It was absolutely ugly in nature, used ignorant talking points, and made our state look even more awful than usual. Orlando people, if you don't contact the station you should hide your head in shame. She did not even know how terrible her interview was. At one point Joe Biden asked her if she were kidding. It was that bad. Joe Biden did quite well in the face of such an ignorant interviewer. She was snide and pathetic and rude. Here is the...

Florida TV reporter Barbara West asked hard hitting questions of Joe Biden in an interview broadcast yesterday.Biden was shocked when asked if Obama's spread the wealth plan was Marxist.The four minute interview was not the typical softball CNN-MSNBC-ABC-CBS-NYT-LAT-WAPO-AP questions.The Orlando Sentinel reports the Obama campaign was furious at West and called her "unprofessional" and "combative".Biden also specifically denied Obama's plan was to "spread the wealth," a direct contradiction of what Obama famously told Joe the Plumber.Click the source link to view the video. Popcorn and your favorite beverage highly recommended to enhance your viewing pleasure.

Nothing Barbara West has done in her 22 years at WFTV-Channel 9 has generated the attention of her interview last week with Sen. Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate. The contentious chat has become an Internet sensation -- 1.2 million hits on YouTube during the weekend and more than 500,000 on WFTV.com -- and generated controversy about how journalists question their subjects. "The thing that stuns me is that this has become about me," said anchor West, 60. She appeared Monday night on The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel and Larry King Live on CNN and plans to be...

Nothing Barbara West has done in her 22 years at WFTV-Channel 9 has generated the attention of her interview last week with Sen. Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate. The contentious chat has become an Internet sensation -- 1.2 million hits on YouTube during the weekend and more than 500,000 on WFTV.com -- and generated controversy about how journalists question their subjects. "The thing that stuns me is that this has become about me," said anchor West, 60. She appeared Monday night on The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel and Larry King Live on CNN and plans to be...

Barbara West is the new Hero in Journalism. Please let her know how thankful you are regarding her shredding of Biden and the unveiling of the truth! PLEASE EMAIL BARBARA WEST. LET HER KNOW THAT WE THANK HER FOR HER WORK; HER INTEGRITY AND HER TRUTH. PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO SEND HER A THANK-YOU.Her email ----------------------> barbara.west@wftv.comMore about Barbara West here: http://www.wftv.com/station/1874549/detail.htmlTHERE ARE VERY FEW JOURNALISTS OF HER QUALITY IN THIS COUNTRY. .............and feel free to send these links to family and friends: Obama never complained once at Rev Wright's Churchhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3IAjphhw6EObama, Acorn, And Election Fraudhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NmaZIdz6Vo&feature=relatedObama is a Fraudhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3SIrWgA1M&feature=relatedBrainwashing is...

Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4hGtp8ODh4

He’s not sure. He’s just throwing the idea out there. “Airing it,” Sullivan-like, if you will. For an outright accusation you’ll have to wait until the end, when he flatly asserts that certain local news anchors are taking money under the table from the RNC. Mmmmmm, that’s good motive-questioning! Exit question: It’s okay to accuse Obama of being a socialist so long as you don’t remind people that socialism was founded by Karl Marx? What?

He said he will be interviewing her about 4 pm. You can listen live at the link!

I was curious about the "unprofessional" label slapped on Barbra West. I found this: Barbara West For the past 16 years, I have served as health reporter and anchor for WFTV's news at noon and 5:30. I have covered stories of people, politics and medical breakthroughs. My work has taken me across the country and around the world. From Washington, D.C. I covered the inauguration of President Bush and the impeachment of President Clinton. When Hillary Clinton attempted to reform our health care system, I traveled to Canada to examine the Canadian national health care system as a possible model...

Barack Obama's campaign killed all interviews with a Florida TV station after Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, faced tough and critical questions from a reporter at the Orlando station, the Orlando Sentinel reported . During a satellite video Thursday, WFTV's Barbara West quoted Karl Marx and asked Biden how Obama's comment to "Joe the Plumber," about spreading the wealth wasn't being Marxist. "Are you joking?," Biden asked. West replied, "No."

Barack Obama’s campaign killed all interviews with a Florida TV station after Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, faced tough and critical questions from a reporter at the Orlando station. During a satellite video Thursday, WFTV’s Barbara West quoted Karl Marx and asked Biden how Obama’s comment to "Joe the Plumber” about spreading the wealth wasn’t being Marxist. “Are you joking?,” Biden asked. West replied, “No.” Click here to watch the interview. Later in the interview West questioned Biden about his comments that if Obama wins the election next month, he would be tested early on as president...

Orlando, Florida WFTV news anchor Barbara West has made a splash in the blogospshere with her tough interview of Joe Biden a few days ago. The Obama campaign threw a fit, calling her unprofessional, canceling a scheduled interview with Biden's wife, Jill and announcing the campaign would be blackballing WFTV in the future.West is a known quantity to both campaigns. In the past month she has interviewed Barack Obama, John McCain and did a previous interview with Biden.The Biden interview was on the day of the first presidential debate, September 26. The questions were on McCain's initial call to postpone...