Fast forward to a little past the three minute mark in this clip of Chris Matthews's exchange with Nancy Pfotenhauer of the McCain campaign. Matthews goes on quite a tear about Sarah Palin's explanation of what the role of the vice president is:
Pfotenhauer says Palin was merely trying to explain the role of the vice president to a young child, but Chris Matthews says that's not true:
She's talking to a news reporter at the time. She's talking to a news reporter at the time. Nancy, she's talking to a news reporter. ...
She said that she had been asked the question earlier in the day by a second grader. In this case she's talking to a news reporter.
In fact, Matthews is wrong. Palin was specifically asked by a reporter a question written by a child in the third-grade, and the governor begins her answer addressing the child by name:
The interesting thing is that that clip of Palin's full statement in context is from Daily Kos, which is now officially more fair and balanced than MSNBC.
(Hat tip: Ben Smith)
