Posted on 03/26/2007 2:33:43 PM PDT by freemarket_kenshepherd
Who says the long sound bite is dead? According to an MRC analysis, "Good Morning America" devoted over 26 minutes of its two hour time slot on Monday to a fawning town hall meeting with Senator Hillary Clinton.
Even more incredible is the fact that GMA host and event moderator Robin Roberts allowed Clinton to talk uninterrupted or unchallenged for almost 18 of those 26 minutes. During some of these long soliquies, the former First Lady repeatedly plugged her campaign website. ABC promises that future town hall meetings will include other presidential candidates, including, one assumes, Republicans. Will Mitt Romney or Sam Brownback be allowed to give what amounts to a campaign speech?
During the two hour show, "Good Morning America" devoted 26 minutes and 54 seconds to the Hillary Clinton event. Of that time, the New York Senator spoke for 17 minutes and 38 seconds.
Certainly, candidates should be allowed to speak freely at these events. After all, that’s what they are for. But Mrs. Roberts allowed Clinton free reign to talk for as long as she wanted and rarely challenged or questioned her statements. For example, during the 7:30 segment, the Senator gave this three and a half minute answer to a question from an audience member: [end excerpt]
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And the Clintons were allowed to pack the audience too.
The only good thing about this is that ABC has set a precedent that will be hard to back out of to future candidates and, by having Clinton first, they are letting her words vanish into the ether a full 10 month before anyone can vote for her.
Her questioners were hand picked and the question pre-selected. One of them was on her healthcare task force in 93.
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Let's see, a communist media mouthpiece gives unfettered access to communist candidate's drival... is there a story here?....... /sarc
Maybe they can get George Stepinopoulis to join GMA and then they can have a 100% HillFest.
What left wing bias??
Precedent, shmecedent. You're going to see how fast they come out with a new policy on the length of such coverage in the future while always having an out for Her Heinous. It's going to be the same across the MSM.
You could be right but there are aspects of the fairness laws that still apply to political races.
You can't have a network openly campaigning for Candidate X without allowing Candidate Y equal time.
The propagandists have to work OVERTIME to pull off this con job.
You slept during the 2004 election?
anything like homosapeons?
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