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Bloggers wage 'bias' argument over VP debate moderator

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    Martha Raddatz and her former husband hosted President Obama at their wedding

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Conservative and liberal bloggers are doing battle over a question of bias.

Ahead of tonight's debate the moderator is Martha Raddatz she's a well respected ABC news senior foreign correspondent she was chosen by the Commission on Presidential Debates do this.

But she also has somewhat of a personal connection to President Obama.

And that -- touched off a bit of a debate in the last few days Trace Gallagher is tracking that piece of the story for -- race.

Is Martha Raddatz is much more apt to be covering more than politics she stopped covering the White House back in 2008 she is now ABC news senior foreign affairs correspondent in fact she joked about this saying quoting here during political or dodging political barbs.

At the debate might be more frightened than dodging bullets in a war zone because you don't Wear body armor.

Now the controversy surrounding her selection as moderator stems from her 1991.

Wedding.

To Julius genachowski he invited all of his classmates from -- the Harvard Law Review including.

Barack Obama.

Obama later was called upon -- genachowski later was called upon by Obama to head up the Federal Communications Commission now Raddatz who divorced genachowski 1997 says that she never.

Had a friendship with Barack Obama and the Commission on Presidential Debates says it was aware of the wedding guest list.

When Raddatz was considered for this position in fact the wedding also included a member of the George W Bush Administration ABC news sent out a scathing.

Response saying quoting here.

This reckless and pitiful attempt to attack Martha in the lead up to the VP debate is nothing more than a desperate play for web traffic and attention.

When what the American public wants is a thoughtful and probing debate on the great issues of the days still if you read the blogs.

Many are questioning Martha Raddatz objectivity.

Again she divorced.

The head of the FCC back in 1997 she has since been married to Ben Bradley junior.

The son of the Washington Post editor she is now married to a correspondent.

For NPR.

I'm and it.

-- -- But it does make you wonder if you if Barack Obama was that off the friend.

I've heard now ex husband on the one hand he attended -- wedding but on the other hand she divorced that got so you know if querying whether of the loyalty is still there ever was in the first place Trace thank you.

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