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Barbados, U.S.A.: Moderating the Debate

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 @ 12:05 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Barbados, U.S.A.
Topics:: Elections, Ethnicity, Media, Politics
Languages:: English

“I said to myself, ‘That sounds like a Bajan name!”: Keltruth Corp discovers that the moderator of tonight's US Vice-Presidential debate has Barbadian roots, while Barbados Underground notes: “There are some who are trying to muddy the pristine reputation of Gwen Ifill, the Black PBS moderator of the upcoming debate. The fact that she will be under the microscope to protect her good reputation as a journalist should make her a good moderator.”

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