Posted on 10/30/2015 9:59:44 AM PDT by abb
Mr. Andrew Lack Chairman, NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112
Dear Mr. Lack,
I write to inform you that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate at the University of Houston on February 26, 2016. The RNC’s sole role in the primary debate process is to ensure that our candidates are given a full and fair opportunity to lay out their vision for America’s future. We simply cannot continue with NBC without full consultation with our campaigns.
The CNBC network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. We understand that NBC does not exercise full editorial control over CNBC’s journalistic approach. However, the network is an arm of your organization, and we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance.
CNBC billed the debate as one that would focus on “the key issues that matter to all voters—job growth, taxes, technology, retirement and the health of our national economy.†That was not the case. Before the debate, the candidates were promised an opening question on economic or financial matters. That was not the case. Candidates were promised that speaking time would be carefully monitored to ensure fairness. That was not the case. Questions were inaccurate or downright offensive. The first question directed to one of our candidates asked if he was running a comic book version of a presidential campaign, hardly in the spirit of how the debate was billed.
While debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates’ visions and policies for the future of America, CNBC’s moderators engaged in a series of “gotcha†questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates. What took place Wednesday night was not an attempt to give the American people a greater understanding of our candidates’ policies and ideas.
I have tremendous respect for the First Amendment and freedom of the press. However, I also expect the media to host a substantive debate on consequential issues important to Americans. CNBC did not.
While we are suspending our partnership with NBC News and its properties, we still fully intend to have a debate on that day, and will ensure that National Review remains part of it.
I will be working with our candidates to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch.
Sincerely,
Reince Priebus Chairman, Republican National Committee
Day late, dollar short, Priebus.
Of course, this would be most wise for Trump to do with 4 others and skip the kiddie table. It'd be a far better choice than to continue with liberals moderating debates, and a far better use of superpac money than spiteful commercials.
Someone lent Reince half a testicle.
The Trump Affect.
Every little bit helps.
Shocking. About time they got a backbone.
“Someone lent Reince half a testicle”
Probably Hillary.
Skip the Titanic;
Get off of Alderaan;
Redskins, don't draft RG3;
Big deal... I’m sure he is prepared to reince, lather and repeat.
It’s about damned time, and LONG overdue, that the RNC acknowledge that the Gay-Run US Mainstream Media is an ENEMY of Republicans, and of the American People!!
Effect
Nope. See post #5. The candidates are excluding the RNC from their private meeting to resolve the problems, and Priebus is scared witless.
“Shocking. About time they got a backbone.”
What’s really shocking is that the RNC is now exposed for their complicity in promulgating these “cage matches” in the hope that somehow they will damage the outsiders preferentially. Rancid Penis needs to resign, and do it now.
And that’s the Hill’s misspelling!
this letter was meant for GOP donors and voters. If you are writing to NBC, you don't have to tell them they own CNBC.
He decries the questions asked . Hmm, I would've thought he at least was made aware of the possible questions that would be asked.
What a giant Establishment setup this whole "debate" process has been!
Republicans don’t own conservatism. Priebus probably asked himself this very troubling question - What if we had a political party and nobody showed up?
Trump is right - it’s all about ratings. If a donor gives money to a party looking for a policy, but that party can no longer deliver that policy, the money will go to people who can.
Jeb will drop before Iowa. Kasich will be gone within days.
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