I can't remember the title of the moronic thread that was posted yesterday about there being NO bias in the media or who the obviously biased person was who started it; however, it was obvious last night that CNBC didn't read it and did not get the memo that this was the case.
The best statement I have read so far to describe CNBC's unprofessional (which is a massive UNDER-statement) behavior came from Erick Erickson of 'Red State', who declared, "
CNBC could have saved themselves and the Republican Party a lot of money by hiring actual monkeys to fling their pooh at the candidates. This was a disgrace."
It was the most embarrassing display of faux journalism I have ever seen. From the very start it was obvious they were not interested in finding out what the candidates had to say, about their policies, or their ideas. Instead they attacked the candidates, tried to get them to feud with each other, and managed to offend not only everyone on stage but everyone in the audience as well.
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"After 15 minutes it was clear that this was not a debate, but a verbal shooting gallery set up by CNBC, with the targets the Republican candidates and the shooters their biased antagonists from the press,” said Ed Meese."
"Ted Cruz accurately described what was going on,” he said. “Whoever selected the ‘moderators’ (CNBC’s John Harwood, Becky Quick and Carl Quintanilla) should be FIRED and the RNC leaders who allowed it should be condemned.”
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Ted Cruz scored the biggest 'hit' of the night in his response to CNBC's Liberal
'pooh-throwing Monkey' Carl Quintanilla's question:
“Does your opposition to it show that you are not the kind of problem solver the American voters want?” asked Carl Quintanilla.
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Let me say something at the outset,” said Cruz. “
The questions that you have asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people do not trust the media.
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This is not a cage match,” said Cruz.
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And if you look at the questions: Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson, can you do math. John Kasich, will you insult two people over here. Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen? How about talking about the substantive issues people care about.”
At that point, the audience burst into applause.
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Carl, I am not finished yet,” said Cruz. “The contrast with the Democratic debate, where every fawning question from the media was: Which of you is more handsome and wise?”
A moment later, Cruz said: “
Nobody watching at home believes that any of the moderators have any intention of voting in a Republican primary. The questions that are being asked shouldn’t be trying to get the people to tear into each other, it should be: What are your substantive solutions for people who are hurting?”
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pollster Frank Luntz sent out a Tweet: “Ted Cruz's focus group dials hits 98 with his attack on media bias. That's the highest score we've ever measured. EVER.”
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As shown, the audience and people in the focus group agreed with Cruz and those lambasting the media, judging them to have been embarrassingly disgraceful!
I am extremely proud of the candidates for not just sitting back, smiling, and 'taking it' but instead fighting back and exposing these ass-clowns for who they truly are!
Had the GOP demanded to moderate a debate between Hillary and Sanders and spent the whole debate asking Hillary about the Vince Foster Files, Benghazi and the lessons it reveals about her potential to be a President, her constant lying, her taking donations from terrorists/terrorist supporters and those who oppress women and murder homosexuals, about her FBI investigation, or in trying to get Hillary and Bernie to say vicious things about each other Hillary probably would have walked off the stage and the biased Liberal media would have been foaming at the mouth this morning. To such despicable behavior towards GOP candidates last night, however, they don't bat an eye. The American people - like that audience last night, however, noticed and visibly condemned CNBC / the liberal media for their disgraceful actions and lack of true un-biased journalism.
WHAT'S NEXT?
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CNBC's
should be embarrassed for their pitiful display of partisan liberal media bias
and apologize to the GOP candidates and the American people." - Media Research Center President Brent Bozell
The GOP leadership who allowed this should be ashamed as well. What did they think they were going to get by allowing extremely biased liberals to moderate the debate? Personally, were I the candidates, I would refuse to participate in another debate moderated by these liberally biased 'pooh throwing monkeys'. I would demand that a well-respected un-biased moderator or moderators.