Did McCain Campaign Pull CNN Guest Due To Palin Story?

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Did McCain Campaign Pull CNN Guest Due To Palin Story?

Sources tell TVNewser CNN anchor Rick Sanchez got in some hot water last week after a segment on his midday show looked into the Alaskan Independence Party. The segment discussed Todd Palin's seven-year membership in the group. It turns out not only was the McCain campaign peeved, but sources tell us Sanchez and his EP got a talking-to from the bosses, too.

Well, yesterday Sanchez and his producers had scheduled an interview with the McCain campaign's Maryland chairman, Daniel Zubairi. At a McCain rally this weekend, Zubairi, who is Muslim, was trying to calm other Muslim voters after they'd been confronted by a McCain supporter who was telling rally-goers about Barack Obama's "Islamic background."

The exchange was caught on tape by Davin Hutchins, a producer from the American News Project

Zubairi had been scheduled to appear on Sanchez's show Monday to discuss what happened at the rally. Sanchez tells HuffPo's Sam Stein the campaign pulled Zubairi at the last minute.
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http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/did_mccain_campaign_pull_cnn_guest_due_to_palin_story_98133.asp

[annabanana]

1. "Sanchez and his EP got a talking-to from the bosses" . .??!?

You mean something besides "Follow the facts and I've got your back"??

Pull the license. Our airwaves.

[TxBlue]

Time to Pull the license. Our airwaves.

[nichomachus]

6. Except CNN doesn't broadcast over the airwaves

They broadcast over corporate-owned cable

[annabanana]

7. We ALLOW corporations to operate in our country...

Early on they all had to reapply annually for licenses to do business here at all.

[nichomachus]

9. Right, and I believe they should again

[jberryhill]

5. Cable - no airwaves

There is no FCC license for a cable network.

[iceman66]

8. If only we could!

Kind of shocking that they would display their bias so blatantly.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Maybe the McCain people don't want their pet crazies to know

that they actually have Muslims in their campaign.

God knows why any Muslim would want to be! Sorta like Jewish Hitlerjugend or something.

[justiceischeap]

3. I still say that video was staged. (eom)

[lilsourgoose]

4. another theory

My guess is they don't want any Muslims for McCain getting attention since their crazies are hell-bent on pushing the "Obama is a Muslim" lie and this doesn't play into that scenario.