Israel a Media Bias Item

I was sent here thanks to AtlasShrugs where I found Israel caught up in media bias over at Hardtalk:

Chris Matthews: What did you make of her answer when she was asked four times by Charlie Gibson, what would you do if the government of Israel….called us up and said we are ready to hit Iran, we think we got the bead on where their nuclear facilities are, we want some help with AWACS, some intelligence, we want some radar, we want some refueling help.

And the answer isn’t, well let’s talk about it because we’ve got a lot riding on that part of the world in history and we know a lot and we’ve got interests over there too and say, “Oh we’d never second guess you Prime Minister”. To me, that sounds like the dumbest answer I’ve ever heard from an American politician.

To say you wouldn’t second guess an ally, that said they’re gonna hit another country with our help and they want our help and we wouldn’t think about it, we’d just go along with them. Does that make sense, wouldn’t second guess an ally?

John Binkley: Well as I recall, she said she wouldn’t stand in the way.

Chris Matthews: No, she said she wouldn’t second guess, four times. Four times she say’s we won’t second guess Israel when they ask us to help them attack another country. Wouldn’t second guess, wouldn’t think about it, isn’t that an extraordinary statement? For any ally, whether it is England, France, Israel or anybody.

And it seems Gibson never asked that question but asked what would you do if Israel decided to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities. Here is the transcript:

GIBSON: What if Israel decided it felt threatened and needed to take out the Iranian nuclear facilities?

PALIN: Well, first, we are friends with Israel and I don’t think that we should second guess the measures that Israel has to take to defend themselves and for their security.

GIBSON: So if we wouldn’t second guess it and they decided they needed to do it because Iran was an existential threat, we would cooperative or agree with that.

PALIN: I don’t think we can second guess what Israel has to do to secure its nation.

GIBSON: So if it felt necessary, if it felt the need to defend itself by taking out Iranian nuclear facilities, that would be all right.

PALIN: We cannot second guess the steps that Israel has to take to defend itself.